Watts welcoming committee

Today I went down to Watts to volunteer at the annual Watts Summer Festival. On the website you can read about the 1965 Watts Revolt -- stuff I didn't know about before this week. I thought this picture kind of fit the notions people have of the people and the neighborhood. Of course, if you've seen Fahrenheit 9/11 you can appreciate the joke...

Oh, the guy in the photo is Saul Williams who was also in an amazing race-related movie, called Slam. Check out his records too.