Finding Aid to the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots Records, 1965 August-December

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Finding Aid to the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots Records, 1965 August-December

BANC MSS 74/115 c

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Commission Administrative and Legal Files

Newspaper Articles, Various (108)

Prints of Los Angeles Times photographs of the riot (108)

Police enter wrecked shop on Avalon Boulevard seeking armed looters or snipers.

Handmade sign in the street, "Turn left or get shot," in front of police barricade.

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Indexes and Timeline

Commission Topical Files

Circumstances surrounding the triggering events (1).

Triggering Events (2).

Continuance and Spreading of the Riots (3).

Efforts of Law Enforcement to Control Riots (4).

Private Action to Control the Riots (5).

Events Surrounding the Ordering of the National Guard (6)

Joint action of Guard and law enforcement agencies (7)

Deaths and Personal Injuries (8).

Property Damage by Fires, Force, and Looting(9).

Source and Use of Weapons (10)

Other Similar Disturbances (11)

Arrests, Arraignments, and Trials (12)

History of Analogous Riots in the USA (13)

History of Watts and the Remainder of the Curfew Area (14)

Governmental and Political Structure (15)

Organizations Dealing with Human Relations (16)

War on Poverty in Los Angeles (17)

Civil Rights Movement in Los Angeles (18)

Maps and Physical Descriptions Relative to the Riot Study (19)

Population and Other Data (relating to sociological, psychological, and other factors in the riot area at the commencement of the riots, other than set forth in other subject matter topics (20)

Employment in the Riot Area (21)

Education in the Riot Area (22)

Recreation in the Riot Area (23)

Health Factors in the Riot Area (24)

Aid and Welfare Programs (25)

Housing in the Riot Area (26)

The Effect of the Merchant-Consumer Relationship in the Riot Area (27)

Contacts of Riot Area Residents with Legal System (28)

Adequacy of Performance of Local Government Functions in Area (29)

Data on the Persons who Participated in the Riots (non-arrestees) (30)

The Support for, and Effect of Riot Area Residents' Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement Agencies (31)

Aftermath of the Rioting (32)

Commission Administrative and Legal Files

Budget of the Governor's Commission (100)

Correspondence, Incoming (101)

Correspondence, Outgoing (102)

Depositions (103)

Documents: Miscellaneous Pamphlets (104)

Exhibits (presented to the Commission by witnesses) (105)

Memoranda, miscellaneous( 106)

News Media Matter, Miscellaneous( 107)

Newspaper Articles, Various (108)

Personnel (111)

Personnel Miscellany (112)

Public Information, Press Conferences (114)

Transcripts of Witness' Testimony (115)

Transcripts, Miscellany (116)

Complaints, Miscellaneous (117)

Commission Report (Requests for and Copies of) (118)

Requests to Appear Before the Commission (119)

Consultants Reports

Staff Papers

Chief Counsel and Miscellaneous Administrative Files