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Budd Schulberg (center) conducts a Watts Writers Workshop session

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The Watts Writers Workshop was founded by Budd Schulberg, a novelist and Hollywood screenwriter, in the aftermath of the Watts Uprising.

After witnessing the violence perpetrated by the LAPD and National Guard on the residents of Watts, Schulberg wanted to see the destruction first-hand, "I got there and looked around; rd Street was mostly burning. But I learned that the burning was selective.

Some buildings were afire and some not.

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But if it's selective, it's not a riot -- that's a white word. It was an uprising, a rebellion, a violent put-down by the National Guard." He spotted the old Westminster Association building on his drive and asked those inside if he could start a creative writing class.

They obliged, and Schulberg posted a flyer promoting his creative writing class every Wednesday at 3 PM. After a slow star