The Times begins writing about zoot suits, calling it the attire of “organized groups of youths, mostly Mexican, engaged in the rival gang fights.” “The boys and even their girl friends wear ...

Zoot suits were held up as symbols of profligacy. “Every boy or girl who buys such a garment and every person who sells it,” the head of the WPB stated, “is really doing an unpatriotic deed.” ...

Teenage boys wearing zoot suits walk down a city street in 1943, attracting attention from military and civilian passersby in more standard street wear. The “unpatriotic" baggy outfits were seen ...

The zoot suit, then, with its removable layers ... with Elvis Presley starring in a string of beach films and the Beach Boys topping the charts with “Surfin’ U.S.A.” The rise of surf ...

After the riot ended, the Los Angeles City Council banned the wearing of zoot suits on Los Angeles streets. Within a year of the riots Hank Leyvas and the boys were released from prison.

Zoot suits exaggerated the smart 1930s look ... As the black author Ralph Ellison in his magnificent novel The Invisible Man wrote: “What about these three boys, coming now along the platform, tall ...

NARRATOR: Once in the barrio, sailors broadened their attack beyond Mexican boys in zoot suits. Any Mexican in their path was a potential target. SÁNCHEZ: The way the riots develop is very much ...

“While some of the boys were sent to prison, the girls were sent to reformatory school, which in some cases was worse.” Of course, as the title suggests, Lizard in a Zoot Suit has a further ...

and boy, did we do a number on them. We chased them up to Whittier and caught them. They found out they can’t win them all. It was like getting even.” Zoot Suit, United States, 1940–42 ...

The zoot suit used a lot of fabric since it was oversized. One news article stated, "Every boy who buys such a garment and every person who sells it is really doing an unpatriotic deed.” ...