During the 1965 Watts riots, Los Angeles, a CBS interviewer recorded a conversation with a man boasting of his fire-raising activities, keeping his back to the camera. The police contacted Lawrence Kersta, who had developed voiceprint, and arrested Edward Lee King on comparing his voice to the TV's.
The South is culturally the richest region in the US. However, the culture is of two kinds. One is that of the aristocratic and educated plantation owners that has been romanticized in literature and film. The other stems from the suffering of the African slaves, which influences global pop culture.
