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On January 24, 2000, the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate presented a bill to rename the Watts Finance Office as the Hawkins Post Office. Education Classroom sketch by Edna Schye of Watts, 1909. There was a school in Watts from an early date.
The district, originally called Mud Town, was renamed in 1900 for C.H. Watts, a Pasadena realtor who owned a ranch there. It was annexed to Los Angeles in 1926. The Watts district gained widespread notoriety on August 11–16, 1965, as the scene of racial disturbances.
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(Watts 1906) View of the Pacific Electric right-of-way, looking south from 103rd Street, with the station on the left. Watts 1906–1926: In the early 1900s, blacks were confined to a small section of Watts, nicknamed Charcoal Alley, and slowly began to move into the central parts of the city.
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Oct 8, 2020 · Oct. 8, 2020 5 AM PT. David Starr Jordan High School in Watts has been renamed Jordan High, to reflect the wishes of the school community that wanted to cut ties with a promoter of the racist...
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The surname Watts was first found in Worcestershire where they held a family seat from early times, and were descended from Simon Wathes, a soldier of fortune, who accompanied King Stephen into England in the year 1135.
Aug 11, 2015 · TIME’s coverage from those incendiary days offers insight into why Watts erupted–and lessons for the current charged moment in America. Fifty years ago, Watts was a potent combination of ...
