Watts, Los Angeles

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Watts is a historically significant neighborhood in South Los Angeles known for its African American cultural heritage, the Watts Towers art landmark, and the 1965 Watts riots.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
urban neighborhood ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfAnnexation 1926 ⓘ
hasAreaCode 213 ⓘ
323 ⓘ
hasArtisticMovement community arts movement ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Watts Christmas Parade ⓘ
Watts Jazz Festival ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Watts Labor Community Action Committee ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic high population density ⓘ
predominantly low-income community ⓘ
hasEducationalAuthority Los Angeles Unified School District ⓘ
hasEvent Watts Summer Festival ⓘ
Watts riots ⓘ
hasFireService Los Angeles Fire Department ⓘ
hasHeritage African American cultural heritage ⓘ
hasLandmark Imperial Courts housing project ⓘ
Jordan Downs housing project ⓘ
Nickerson Gardens housing project ⓘ
Watts Station ⓘ
Watts Towers ⓘ
Watts Towers Arts Center ⓘ
linked to: Watts Towers
hasPark Ted Watkins Memorial Park ⓘ
Watts Towers Arts Center Park ⓘ
linked to: Watts Towers
hasPoliceDivision LAPD Southeast Division ⓘ
hasPublicTransport Metro A Line (Los Angeles Metro Rail) ⓘ
linked to: LA Metro A Line
hasRailStation 103rd Street/Watts Towers station ⓘ
hasZIPCode 90002 ⓘ
historicallyPopulatedBy African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Latinos ⓘ
Mexican Americans ⓘ
historicalStatus formerly an independent city ⓘ
knownFor 1965 Watts riots ⓘ
linked to: Watts riots

African American culture ⓘ
Chicano and Latino culture ⓘ
Watts Towers ⓘ
locatedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
South Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: South L.A.
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Los Angeles County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mergedInto City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
partOf City of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles
significantEvent civil unrest in August 1965 ⓘ
significantEventDate 1965 ⓘ

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Sanford and Son → settingLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Blue Line (Los Angeles Metro) → servesArea → Watts ⓘ
subject linked to: Blue Line
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Rollo Lawson → associatedWith → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Lamont Sanford → residence → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Bubba Bexley → setInFictionalLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Lamont Sanford → residence → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Grady Wilson → associatedWith → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
subject linked to: Grady Wilson – Whitman Mayo
Rollo Lawson → setting → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Los Angeles City Council District 15 → encompasses → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Zoot Suit Riots → mainLocation → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Grady Wilson → basedInFictionalLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
South Los Angeles → containsNeighborhood → Watts ⓘ
subject linked to: South Los Angeles region
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Jay Rock → placeOfBirth → Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Jay Rock → origin → Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Kerry James Marshall → livedIn → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Willowbrook → adjacentTo → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Willowbrook, California, United States → adjacentTo → Watts, Los Angeles, California ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
A Line (Los Angeles Metro) → connects → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Fred G. Sanford → residence → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Fred G. Sanford → businessLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Watts riots → hasLocation → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Bloods → hasTerritory → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Sanford and Son junkyard → fictionalStreetContext → Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Fred Sanford → residence → Watts, Los Angeles, California ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
The Streetbeater → associatedWithSetting → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
subject linked to: Sanford and Son theme
Sanford → settingLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Esther Anderson → setting → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Menace II Society → setInLocation → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Watts Towers → location → Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Hood Gone Love It → performerOrigin → Watts, Los Angeles ⓘ
Watts Jazz Festival → locatedIn → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
103rd Street–Watts Towers station → locatedIn → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Watts Christmas Parade → location → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Ted Watkins Memorial Park → neighborhood → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles
Blue Line corridor → servesCommunity → Watts ⓘ
linked to: Watts, Los Angeles