Zoot suit riots

Zoot suit riots

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Racial tensions between the Anglo and Mexican American communities in Los Angeles, California erupted into violence after the conviction of Henry "Hank" Leyvas and seventeen other Mexican American youths for the murder of José Díaz in what was perceived as an unfair trial in 1943. Lorena E...

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Main Author: Ragazzi, Claudio (Composer)
Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Tovares, Joseph (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Elizondo, Hector (Narrator), Chin, Michael (Cinematographer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2014]
Subjects:
Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee.
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
Mexican Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Riots > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.

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Call Number: F869.L89 M565 2014

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