![]() ![]() It is also the story of an ever-changing city. Southland explores the fragile understandings and sometimes painful misunderstandings that occur across the lines of race and culture. In the process, Jackie unearths the long-held secrets of her family's history-and her own. Along with James Lanier, a cousin of one of the victims, she tries to piece together the story of the boys' deaths. While trying to fulfill a request from his will, Jackie discovers that four black teenagers were killed in the store during the Watts Riots of 1965-and that the murders were never solved or reported. Frank was a veteran of World War II who, many years before, had owned a store in the Crenshaw district, one of the first racially mixed areas in the city and now the heart of L.A.'s black community. ![]() A young Japanese-American woman, Jackie Ishida, is in her last semester of law school when her grandfather, Frank Sakai, dies unexpectedly. "Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles. ![]()
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