Marquette Frye, 21 year old African American whose
Marquette Frye, 21 year old African American whose arrest triggered the August 1965 Watts Riot. The gathering crowd misinterpreted police actions near Frye, and spread inaccurate but deadly rumors of police brutality. (CSU_2015_9_703)
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11060788
Media ID
45269653
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2613px x 3000px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
