Beginning with Watts, the Major Race Riots of 1965 and 1966

question 14

Multiple Choice

Beginning with Watts, the major race riots of 1965 and 1966:

• A) occurred largely outside the South
• B) started when white mobs attacked blacks
• C) resulted from blacks being denied the vote
• D) were led by the Black Panthers
• E) proved the increasing irrelevance of Martin Luther King

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