The familiar tale of "Romeo and Juliet" is given a twist by the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts, as it is ...
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When Wearing a Suit Could Get You Beaten to Death
In 1943 Los Angeles, fashion became a crime. Young Mexican Americans in “zoot suits” were hunted, stripped, and beaten by U.S ...
In June 1943, Los Angeles erupted into the worst race riots in the city to date. For 10 straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in search ...
On this day, Aug. 2, in 1942, the body of Jose Diaz was found at the Sleepy Lagoon reservoir in southeast Los Angeles, a case that led to the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. The slaying was discovered the ...
"Surveys the political events, social trends, and racial attitudes that contributed to a week-long outbreak of violence in Los Angeles in 1943 by white servicemen and civilians against young ...
FULLERTON, Calif. -- All year long, hundreds of people pass through El Pachuco's deco-style doors, looking for an offbeat Halloween costume or a hipster's answer to black-tie affairs. They are likely ...
L.A. marks the Pachucos' legacy 8 decades after facing racism, mistreatment. In the 1930s, Mexican American youth in the Southwest united to oppose racism, segregation and discrimination in the United ...
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