The familiar tale of "Romeo and Juliet" is given a twist by the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts, as it is ...
In 1943 Los Angeles, fashion became a crime. Young Mexican Americans in “zoot suits” were hunted, stripped, and beaten by U.S ...
One of the darker points in the history of cultural relations in America, the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots of June 1943 — an altercation between uniformed sailors and zoot-suit clad Angeleno ...
Introduction : a genealogy of vendidas -- Domesticating the pachuca -- Black skirts, dark slacks, and brown knees : pachuca style and spectacle -- During World War II -- Saying "nothin'" : pachucas ...
• The 1981 film “Zoot Suit,” directed by Luis Valdez and based on Valdez’s play of the same name about the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, will be shown as part of Marin County Free Library’s ...