120K views · 4.3K reactions | Remembering the zoot suit riots. | The Daily Chela | Facebook

49K views · 551 reactions | On the first night of the riots, sailors armed with belts and clubs left the Naval armory and headed downtown, looking for zoot suiters. But before long, any Mexican in their path was a potential target. Watch ZOOT SUIT RIOTS Tue Mar 29 at 9/8c on American Experience | PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

"Zoot-suiters" — hip, young Mexican American teens dressed in baggy pants and long-tailed coats — defined the essence of LA cool. Watch ZOOT SUIT RIOTS Tue Mar 29 at 9/8c → to.pbs.org/3w56qon | American Experience | PBS

2.2K views · 78 reactions | In August 1942, the murder of a young Mexican-American man ignited a firestorm in the City of the Angels. In no time at all, ethnic and racial tensions that had been building up over the years boiled over. Watch ZOOT SUIT RIOTS tonight, Tue Mar 29 at 9/8c → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

2.5K views · 40 reactions | When the Sleepy Lagoon case broke, and José Díaz’s body was found, it came at exactly the right moment for hysteria to erupt. Watch ZOOT SUIT RIOTS Tue Mar 29 at 9/8c on American Experience | PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

3.8K views · 128 reactions |  SAVE THE DATE!! Zoot Suit Riot...