The #BathRiots began #ThisDayInHistory in 1917 when 17-year-old #CarmelitaTorres convinced dozens of other Mexican labourers at the border to refuse degrading, dangerous, #racist treatment like baths in gasoline & pesticide #ZyklonB - the same pesticide used in Nazi gas chambers.

(1/2) On #ThisDayInHistory in 1917 the so-called #BathRiots began when 17-year-old Mexican maid #CarmelitaTorres convinced dozens of other day labourers at the US border not to submit to degrading #racist treatment like forced gasoline baths & delousing with pesticide #ZyklonB...

#HowardZinn #ElPaso #BathRiots #ZyklonB