A Furious Reaction Leads to Urban Reform: The Hough Riots of 1966
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In the south, many African Americans were protesting for basic rights such as the
right to vote and ride integrated buses. In the north, they were primarily fighting against
poverty and unsafe living conditions.
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Watts Riots
Former Congressman Louis Stokes
CBS News; August 13, 1965