Question 42 • US History
The Watts riots began in Los Angeles in August 1965 after a white California Highway Patrol officer arrested African American motorist Marquette Frye during a traffic stop. The arrest and the tense confrontation that followed sparked the uprising, though deeper anger over discrimination and poor living conditions also contributed. Executive Order 9981, Malcolm X’s assassination, and Rosa Parks’s arrest were not the immediate trigger.
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