L.A. Watts Times, February 12, 1987-July 29, 2010

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Summary

Creators:
L.A. Watts Times, Diversity Publishing Company, African Americans On Wheels, BET Weekend Magazine, Kevin Boston's Moneywise. The Wealth Building Magazine for African Americans, and Minority Biz 2000
Abstract:
This collection contains issues of the L.A. Watts Times, a newspaper that originally began publication under the name Watts Times, following the Watts Rebellion in 1965. It later became the L.A. Watts Times after Charles Cook purchased the publication in 1976.
Extent:
22 boxes and 23.83 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
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Background

Scope and content:

The L.A. Watts Times (February 1987-July 2010) contains 23.83 linear feet of L.A. Watts Times newspapers. The newspapers also include supplement issues of magazines including, African Americans on Wheels, Healthy Horizon, Minority Biz 2000, Moneywise: The Wealth Building Magazine for African Americans, and The Education Highway: Featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Biographical / historical:

The Watts Times was founded in 1965 following the Watts Rebellion. In 1976, the newspaper's name changed to the L.A. Watts Times following a purchase by Charles Cook, a former Western regional director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); and his wife, Beverly. Cook was in charge of marketing and advertising for the newspaper, while Beverly supervised editorial and administrative duties. Originally, the newspaper was handed out in Watts only as a tabloid, but Cook developed the paper to become a weekly circular distributed through Los Angeles and South Bay communities. After Cook's death in 1998, his daughter Melanie Polk took over as publisher until it was sold to Bakewell Media, publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel in 2010. A prominent Los Angeles Black publication, L.A. Watts Times contains information about happenings in the African American community.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated by Melanie Polk in 2012.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by publication year.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

All related copyright and intellectual property permission will need to be obtained from Danny Bakewell Sr. of Bakewell Media Inc.

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Location of this collection:
University Library, 5th Flr (5039)
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747, US
Contact:
(310) 243-3895
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