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U.s. History: The Long, Hot Summer

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The "long, hot summer" in reality spread over several years of summers in the mid-1960s. Read about the Watts riots in 1965, and the reasons behind racial upheaval in hundreds of American cities over the next three years.

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police brutality, urban poor, urban poverty, ushistory.org, white racism, great society programs, independence hall association, kerner commission, president lyndon johnson, watts riots, inequality in education, inequality in employment, reasons behind rioting, urban violence
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)