Building Faith in the Future Part I: The Rise of the Black Arts Movement in California

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On July 15, 1966, Los Angeles' Watts neighborhood was rocked by what would turn out to be the deadliest riot in US history.

The Los Angeles Times reports 11 people were killed and hundreds more injured in what came to be known as the "Watts Rebellion."

Protesters took to the streets in cities like Detroit, Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, protesting racism, poor living conditions, and police brutality.

In a piece called "The Fire Last Time" that appeared in Life magazine, a photographer captured images of children playing in the rubble of abandoned buildings and police brutality as the riot raged.

The article offered a "voyeuristic glimpse" of Watts, but it left many white readers with the impression that there was little hope of change in the area, according to a post at Medium.

But residents and activists held a festival that year to commemorate the Watts Rebellion and to offer hope for the community.

"It shined a light on a community committed to Black unity, social uplift, and renewal that emerged from the ashes of the violence, a place where coalitions of activists, Black nationalists, artists, writers, and musicians were creating spaces to gather, share, and heal," the post says.

"If art could be created from the remains of destruction,

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