Episode 2 (Zoot Suit Riots and Superpowers)
Teachers develop superpowers (even though they are still just regular humans) that can lead classroom conversations through a list of topics in just a few minutes.
References
The Who. “Cut My Hair”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0igKESJUY
Life. “Zoot Suits” (1942): https://books.google.com/books?id=oE4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA31&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q&f=true
National Archives. “Zoot Suit Riots 1943”: http://recordsofrights.org/events/62/zoot-suit-riots
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. “Zoot Suit Riot”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzH2Rv2q6us
The original music video has some great zoot suits in it, but finding an official or even less-grainy version was difficult. The second video is almost as good.
Stonewall Inn: https://thestonewallinnnyc.com/
Bukszpan, Daniel. “Americas Most Destructive Riots of All Time”: https://www.cnbc.com/2011/02/01/Americas-Most-Destructive-Riots-of-All-Time.html
Nate, Michelle. “10 Famous Riots that Changed History”: https://www.oddee.com/item_99060.aspx
Sadly, I did not save the exact articles my students and I looked at and I do not believe that these are quite right. That said there are some heartbreaking riots in the US’s history that are not mentioned above (the Greenwood riots in Tulsa, OK come to mind as do things before the 20th century).
Also, I have not been able to locate the podcast episode that gave me this new bit of knowledge, but—based on my memory and understanding of the shows I listen to—it was likely a one off line on Backstory or Stuff Your Mom Never Told You that sparked my brain and I went looking for more information on my own. These show notes will get updated when and if something more concrete is discovered.