Photos: Watts riots: 50 years later
Portrait of Tony Welton at his home in Lancaster.
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Darlene Williams walks past East 109th Street and Wilmington Avenue.
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Gwendolyn “Faye” Butler, 72, of Lancaster.
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Jimmy Jones, 70, plays dominoes outside the Antelope Valley Senior Center.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Leslie Wong left, reaches out to his wife, Gwendolyn “Faye” Butler, 72, as they sit outside their home.
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Tony Welton at his home in Lancaster.
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Students walk home from school.
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Leela Dawson, 8, flies a kite on 105th Street in Watts.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)Yarithzy Vasquez, 3, left, Edwin De Leon, 4, center, and Cindy Marroqin, 6, play in the park next to the Watts Towers.
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