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Allegra and Mariano talk about the Zoot Suit Riot of the early 1940s. Servicemen in California attack the Mexican American youth in Los Angeles.
References
- history.com Zoot Suit Riots
- encyclopedia.com Zoot Suit Riots 2004
- San Diego Mexican and Chicano History Chapter 8: World War II and the Emerging Civil Rights struggle online November 2011
Clips
Dorothy Dandridge “Zoot Suit” (1942)
Dorothy Dandridge “Zoot Suit” (1942)
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