Saturday, June 10, 2023

Los Angeles apologizes for Zoot Suit Riots 80 years later


Los Angeles County officials along with the city council have issued an apology for the "shameful" Zoot Suit Riots 80 years later. In 1943, white, uniform servicemen attacked young Mexican, Latino, Filipino and Black men for wearing the suits in a series of riots that swept the city for a week.

June 9, 2023

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-zoot-suit-riots-city-council-resolution/3167611

12 hours ago ... The Zoot Suit Riot attacks began May 31, 1943 when a group of service members and Mexican American youth wearing zoot suits fought in downtown ...

 

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot

Apr 15, 2023 ... 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 ...

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/zoot-suit-riots

June 3, 1943: The Zoot Suit Riots ... On June 3, 1943, white U.S. servicemen and police officers descended upon a majority-Mexican American neighborhood in East ...


https://www.latimes.com/california/list/zoot-suit-riot-timeline-sleepy-lagoon-murder-trial

Jun 2, 2023 ... Eighty years ago this month, Los Angeles was engulfed in the lawlessness and violence that became known as the Zoot Suit Riots.

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