L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price sits beside a mural depicting Charlotta Bass, owner of the pioneering Black newspaper California Eagle, and victims of the Zoot Suit riots. (Dania Maxwell / Los ...
High-waisted trousers of generous proportions pegged at the ankle. Shoulder-padded jackets draped at knee-length. Outfits accessorized by wide-brimmed hats with feathers, long watch chains and shiny ...
In June 1943, roving bands of white servicemen accompanied by police unleashed mayhem on young Mexican, Black and Filipino Angelenos. The outburst of violence was dubbed the “Zoot Suit Riots.” The L.A ...
LONDONDERRY - The Cherry Poppin' Daddies, best known for a 1997 swing compilation and the "Zoot Suit Riot," will play the Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Road, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12. The group sold ...
The Zoot Suit Riots, a series of violent clashes that erupted in Los Angeles in June 1943, remain a stark reminder of racial tensions, wartime anxieties, and the consequences of systemic ...
The 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots was commemorated on Saturday, June 3, with a caravan of vintage cars that started in Boyle Heights and snaked across the new 6th Street Bridge from Boyle ...
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