A suit lands in the United States on the back of an exiled king. It is copied, amended and upgraded, embraced by Hollywood actors in search of the fashionable. As it travels the country in the late ...
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 ...
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 ...
Back in May, the Los Angeles City Council denounced the 1943 'Zoot Suit Riots,' and Friday, the council is to officially apologize for the treatment of Mexican Americans during the racial turmoil 80 ...
FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- At El Pachuco Zoot Suits in Fullerton, the Estrella family has been keeping the zoot suit a la mode for the past 45 years. The 1940s suit, which features high-waisted, wide ...
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 the 1930s, Mexican American youth in the Southwest united to oppose racism, segregation and discrimination in the United States. Influenced by the style of Black Americans in Harlem, New York, a ...
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