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{{Further|Watts Gang Task Force}}
Beginning in the 1980s, those African Americans who could leave Watts moved to other suburban locations in the [[Antelope Valley]], the [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]], [[the San Gabriel Valley]], [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] and the [[San Joaquin Valley]]. African Americans in Watts have also moved to Southern cities such as Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Birmingham, Memphis, San Antonio and Jackson. <ref>William H. Frey (May 2004). "[https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-new-great-migration-black-americans-return-to-the-south-1965-2000/ The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-to the present]". [[Brookings Institution]]. brookings.edu. Retrieved July 10, 2017.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2021|title=Latinos, Blacks Show Strong Growth in San Antonio as White Population Declines|url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Latinos-Black-communities-grow-in-San-Antonio-16385595.php}}</ref>
Neighborhood leaders have begun a strategy to overcome Watts's reputation as a violence-prone and impoverished area. Special promotion has been given to the museums and art galleries in the area surrounding [[Watts Towers]]. This sculptural and architectural landmark has attracted many artists and professionals to the area. ''[[I Build the Tower]]'', a feature-length documentary film about the Watts Towers and their creator, [[Simon Rodia]], provides a history of Watts from the 1920s to the present and a record of the activities of the Watts Towers Arts Center. Watts is one of several Los Angeles neighborhoods with a high concentration of convicted felons.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76959815/ | archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121006015957/http://touch.latimes.com/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 6, 2012 |title=Library of Congress Web Archives |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 2000, singer and actor [[Tyrese Gibson]] chartered a foundation to build a community center in Watts.
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