Watts in South Central L.A. can be considered the epicenter of Los Angeles’ working class history — a microcosm of America’s dramatic demographic shifts. It is a neighborhood that has endured the most daring tests of the city’s turbulent history, an area demonized by some and cherished profoundly by others.

Los Angeles public television affiliate KCET dispatched students from Locke High School in Watts to capture the sights, sounds, and people of their dynamic community. The result is an elegant interactive mural that offers an honest portrait of the people and places who claim Watts as their own.