The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s was marked by expansion of rights for African Americans, with courts striking down “separate but equal” doctrine, the passage of federal laws prohibiting racial discrimination, and the 24th Amendment removing barriers for Black voters. The period also saw incredible and often violent backlash. In 1965, Civil rights activists marched multiple times from Selma to Montgomery to raise awareness about voter suppression, and on March 7 at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, protestors were met with violence from State troopers and local police. That August, in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a drunk driving arrest unfolded into six days of civil unrest. The National Guard sent the all-white Glendale unit to Watts in part because “they didn’t know what the reaction would be to interracial troops.” The McCone Commission would later identify Proposition 14 as a direct cause of the Watts Uprising (See “All American City” for more on Prop 14).  Tommy Jacquette, a participant and resident of Watts, would later reflect, “People keep calling it a riot, but we call it a revolt because it had a legitimate purpose. It was a response to police brutality and social exploitation of a community and of a people.”