There is no need to speculate: > King told reporters that the Watts riots were “the beginning of a stirring of those people in our society who have been by pas

There is no need to speculate: > King told reporters that the Watts riots were “the beginning of a stirring of those people in our society who have been by passed by the progress of the past decade” (King, 20 August 1965). Struggles in the North, King believed, were really about “dignity and work,” rather than rights, which had been the main goal of black activism in the South (King, 20 August 1965). During his discussions with local people, King met black residents who argued for armed insurrection, and others who claimed that “the only way we can ever get anybody to listen to us is to start a riot” (King, 19 August 1965). https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/watts-rebellion-los-angeles https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/watts-rebell...