The Zoot Suit Riots remain one of the most racially charged episodes in American history, highlighting tensions between white servicemen and Mexican American youth in Los Angeles. While the riots are ...

On June 3, 1943, an altercation between U.S. Navy sailors and young Mexican Americans on the streets of Los Angeles led to ...

Eighty years ago this month, Los Angeles was engulfed in the lawlessness and violence that became known as the Zoot Suit Riots. The name is misleading because it suggests that the zoot suiters ...

Next to those words is an illustration of two young Mexican American men on the ground, victims of the Zoot Suit riots. As L.A. observes the 80th anniversary of the unrest, which largely unfolded ...

80 years ago, young men of color were attacked for their “unpatriotic” fashion choices, leading to the Zoot Suit Riots. The repercussions can still be felt today. The zoot suit, with its ...

These youths, one stripped of his clothes and the others badly beaten, were victimized by police officers who scoured the streets of Los Angeles on June 7, 1943, ferreting out and beating zoot ...

When the violence ended, scores of Mexicans and servicemen were in hospital beds. Zoot Suit Riots is a powerful film that explores the complicated racial tensions and the changing social and ...

Some may recall the swing revival of the late 1990s, ushered in by Cherry Poppin Daddies hit song "Zoot Suit Riot." Less is known about the suit's — and song's — origin. The sartorial style ...

A resolution condemning the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots, days of violence and attacks against Mexican American community during a dark chapter in Los Angeles' history, was approved Friday by the City ...

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When the violence ended, scores of Mexicans and servicemen were in hospital beds. Zoot Suit Riots is a powerful film that explores the complicated racial tensions and the changing social and ...