Search results for: Afro-American Studies

Los Angeles Riots
Final report (1965) of the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots. The Watts Riots, the most devastating racial disturbance in the United States in decades, began with a minor incident on the

Minorities in America
One- and two-reel, 16 mm. films in cans (35 different titles) on American minorities (Mexican-American, Japanese-American, African-American, and native American); "Minority Report," 1957 radio broadca

Watts Writers
Clippings and documents concerning the Watts Writers Workshop (South Central Writers Workshop: Douglass House), founded in 1965 by novelist Budd Schulberg following the Watts riots. Contributed by Wor

William Grant Still
Draft biography of the pioneering Black composer-conductor; articles by and about Still (1895-1978); copy of Rostros de Bronce (1964) by Nestor Ortiz Oderigo containing biographical treatment of Still