It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
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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