“East L.A. Student Walkouts” and “Watts Rebellion,” detail from the 1960s section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural - Giclée Print

A limited edition museum archival giclée print by Judith F. Baca, reproducing two sections from the 1960s segment of the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion.

“East L.A. Student Walkouts” and “Watts Rebellion,” detail from the 1960s  section of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural, 2025
Giclée print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 
10 x 36 inches (print); 12 x 38 inches (paper) 
Edition of 30 + 1 AP

Signed and numbered by the artist, Judith F. Baca.
Unframed

East LA Student Walkouts

From March 1 to March 8, 1968, 15,000 students walked out of Garfield, Roosevelt, Lincoln, Belmont, and Wilson High Schools demanding better education. The walkouts spread beyond East L.A. to Jefferson High School in South L.A. and Venice High School.

With support from the United Mexican American Students (UMAS) and the Brown Berets, an East L.A.-based Chicano rights organization, the youth presented 36 demands: smaller class sizes, more Latinx teachers and administrators, bilingual education, improved facilities, quality textbooks, the inclusion of Mexican American history, and the removal of racist teachers.

The Watts Rebellion

Six days of civil unrest and police violence erupted in South L.A. in August 1965 after a traffic stop of Marquette Frye escalated into police brutality. In response, 14,000 National Guard troops were deployed. The confrontations included sniper fire, raids on vehicles and apartments, and Molotov cocktails amid arson and looting.

Media and white audiences dismissed the uprising as meaningless destruction, failing to acknowledge the years of police violence and disinvestment the Black community had endured.

Proceeds support the Great Wall of Los Angeles expansion and SPARC.