Two soldiers of the National Guard sit on a bench in the middle of a street in Watts as they watch over the area. Los Angeles Public Library. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/10/a-look-back-at-the-1965-watts-riots/A group of National Guardsmen in the western area of the Watts district take their positions, August 1965. Photo by Bettman/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#11A member of the California National Guard patrols 103rd Street, Watts business district. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times. August 1965. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-watts-riots-explainer-20150715-htmlstory.htmlLee Benson, 184th Infantry, on the lookout for snipers during the Watts riots. August 1965. Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection. http://wattsreimagined.org/ninth/Armed members of the National Guard aim their guns during the Watts riots, August 1965. Photo by Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#2Members of California’s 40th Armored Division direct traffic away from a burning area of Los Angeles, August 1965. Courtesy of National Guard Education Foundation. Wikipedia. http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/todayinhistory/august.aspxA truck convoy moves into the Watts district under orders to stop the riots. August 1965. Photo by Bettman/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#6Burning Buildings During the Watts Riots, August 1965. Courtesy of New York World-Telegram. Library of Congress. Wikipedia.A ruined city block after the Watts riots, 1965. Photo by Bettman/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#4Firefighters try to put out a fire, August 15, 1965. Photograph by Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/10/a-look-back-at-the-1965-watts-riots/A jeep of National Guardsmen drive down a street in Watts that is reduced to rubble, 1965. Photography by PhotoQuest/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#28Photograph of an overturned vehicle, August 13, 1965. Photograph by AP/Harold Filan. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/10/a-look-back-at-the-1965-watts-riots/A view of a street destroyed in the Watts riots, August 1965. Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#18Firemen put out a burning building that once was a liquor store, a jeweler, and a restaurant. Police with rifles are standing guard. August 1965. Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection. http://wattsreimagined.org/ninth/Fightfighter putting out a fire at a shoe store in Watts, August 14, 1965. Photo by AP. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/10/a-look-back-at-the-1965-watts-riots/Three stores burning on Avalon Road, Watts riots, August 1965. Photo by Bettman/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#5A man uses a bulldozer to start cleaning debris after the riots are over, August 18, 1965. Photo by AP/Ellis R. Bosworth. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/10/a-look-back-at-the-1965-watts-riots/A man pushes two brooms to clean the sidewalk after the riots. August 1965. Photo by Bettman/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#9The Hall of Justice crammed with people awaiting their riot hearings, August 19, 1965. Los Angeles Public Library. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/10/a-look-back-at-the-1965-watts-riots/A group of children plays in the rubble after the riots, 1965. Photograph by Bill Ray/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/watts-riot#29
