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Watts Youth Leaders Rise From Ground Roots
Watts area action grows as self help expands through carwash crews and labor efforts reaching 0.099 in area. Watts Happening Coffee House and black belt communities see new leadership from the ground roots, aided by grants and foundations. Billy Tid well leads 120 Sons of Watts Improvement Association members, many with police records, who organized as volunteer patrols during last summer’s festival drawing 80,000 attendees.
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Watts Happening
Black Belt
Billy ‘Tidwell
Sons ‘of Watts Improvement Association
Lotters
Jordan Towns