Cynthia Gonzalez

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

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Assistant professor in the Public Health Program at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, a private historically black college located in Willowbrook

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August 12, 1965, was Day Two of the Watts Riots. KCRW's Saul Gonzalez has the background on how they began.

Riots, Rebellion and Rethinking Watts

August 12, 1965, was Day Two of the Watts Riots. KCRW's Saul Gonzalez has the background on how they began.

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