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Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)

. The police crack down; massive firebombing follows. With a major p·o lice effort in the late morning to re- . e stablish control of the streets , violence entered a new and ominous phase . An elite riot squad, equipped with bayonetted r ifles, was brought

Folder, "Summary Analysis: December 20, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 3 (Item)

anticipation of Negro violenc e l ed to heavy- handed uses of official for ce that provoked violence which might not have othe~wi~e occurred , The news media , for their part , sometimes shared in c r e atine a c limate in which viol ence could be expected

Folder, "1965 Task Force on Los Angeles Riots," Task Force Reports, Box 10 (Item)

to be among the oldest in the City, but there has been a considerable amount of new construction. Over three-quarters of the housing ·in the cur-few area was built before 1939; about three-fifths of the housing in Watts was in this category. This lower age