Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, April 20 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Revisit the streets of wartime Los Angeles when an influx of sailors faced off with young Mexican Americans, leading to a 10-night explosion of violence that further divided the Latino and white communities. Narrated by Hector Elizondo.
American Experience Zoot Suit Riots To Have Encore BroadcastTuesday, March 29, 2022 on PBS and PBS.orgĀ 80 Years Ago, the Murder of a Young Mexican-American Man Ignited a Firestorm of Racial Tens