Tuesday Spotlight, ADVISORY
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 5 years, 4 months AGO
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August 9, 2020 12:03 PM
EDITORS:
The following story will move Monday as this week’s Tuesday Spotlight, a feature showcasing the best off-the-news enterprise in the AP report:
RACIAL INJUSTICE-WATTS RIOTS
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles community of Watts has long been associated with an uprising in 1965 that led to burned-down buildings and bloodshed. But as some of this year’s protests against racial injustice devolved into vandalism and looting, Watts has been peaceful. Watts has made some gains in the past 55 years, but some who live or know the neighborhood say it still faces many of the same problems that led to the uprising. By Brian Melley. UPCOMING: 2,700 words, photos, video, abridged version, RACIAL INJUSTICE-WATTS RIOTS-AP WAS THERE.
—The AP