During the 1940s and 1950s, South Gate was one of the most fiercely segregationist cities in Southern California; gangs of white youths were known to prowl the streets looking for blacks who dared to cross over from neighboring Watts.
South Gate was one of the most fiercely segregationist cities in Southern California. This was during the 1940s and 1950s. Gangs of white youths were known to prowl the streets looking for blacks. These blacks dared to cross over from neighboring Watts.