[CIVIL RIGHTS -- WATTS RIOTS]. A group of 7 press photographs featuring scenes from the Watts Uprising in Los Angeles and the wrongful death inquest of Leonard Deadwyler.

Mrs. Rena Frye addresses news conference in Watts district of Los Angeles 8/12 following night of rioting there 8/11. 12 August 1965. Archie Hardwick, "director of a neighborhood association (Westminster)" stands next to Rena Frye. -- Dick Gregory Shot in Los Angeles Rioting. 13 August 1965. View of comedian and politician Dick Gregory wincing from a leg wound next to CORE official Don Smith. -- Woman Berates Police at Riot Scene. 13 August 1965. -- Riot Damage. 14 August 1965. Interior view of a store with broken glass and mannequins. -- A Child Becomes a Looter. 14 August 1965. Outdoor view of a Black young man pulling a wagon laden with clothes. -- Rioter Arrest. San Diego, CA, 16 August 1965. Outdoor view of several helmeted police officers putting handcuffs on a Black man. -- Together, 6 silver gelatin press photographs, all Los Angeles except as noted, 8 x 10 in. and reverse, each captioned in the negative, ink stamps on versos.

[With:] Widow Tells Story of Husband's Shooting. 24 May 1966. View of Barbara Deadwyler testifying at the inquest of the police shooting of her husband Leonard Deadwyler on 7 May 1966. Leonard was shot and killed by LAPD officer Jerold M. Bova after allegedly speeding and running red lights while driving his wife to the hospital, as she was 8-months pregnant and believed she was experiencing labor pains. Barbara, represented by Johnny Cochran, later sued the LAPD for wrongful death. The jury, with only one Black member, rued his death an "accidental homicide."

Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States