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Zoot Suit Riots
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The Zoot Suit Riots were disturbances that took place June 3–8, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mex
Youths stripped and beaten by U.S. Navy sailors
Youths stripped and beaten by U.S. Navy sailors
This photograph of three men sporting variations on the zoot suit was taken by Oliver F. Atkins.
This photograph of three men sporting variations on the zoot suit was taken by Oliver F. Atkins.
"Authorities meet to discuss the Zoot Suit Riots" (photo: Los Angeles Daily News)
"Authorities meet to discuss the Zoot Suit Riots" (photo: Los Angeles Daily News)
The Coordinating Council for Latin American Youth sent this telegram to President Franklin Roosevelt urging his attention to the riots in Los Angeles.
The Coordinating Council for Latin American Youth sent this telegram to President Franklin Roosevelt urging his attention to the riots in Los Angeles. National Archives, General Records of the Department of State
Chicano Movement
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The Chicano Movement, also referred to as El Movimiento, was a social and political movement in the United States that worked to embrace a Chicano identity and worldview that combated structural racis
Zoot Suit Riots
…San Diego, Oakland, Evansville, Philadelphia, and New York City as well. The defiance of zoot suiters became inspirational for Chicanos during the Chicano Movement. California was a part of Mexico for 27 years, and part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain for centuries, before becoming part of the United States following…
Cesar Chavez with demonstrators
Cesar Chavez with demonstrators
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
Three of the "Big Four" of the Chicano movement at the Raza Unida Party's 1972 convention: Reies Lopez Tijerina, New Mexico (second from left), Rodolf
Three of the "Big Four" of the Chicano movement at the Raza Unida Party's 1972 convention: Reies Lopez Tijerina, New Mexico (second from left), Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, Colorado (center), and José Ángel Gutiérrez, Texas (far right). Cesar Chavez, California, did not attend.
Luisa Moreno, a Guatemalan social activist who played a major role in the pre-Chicano Movement.
Luisa Moreno, a Guatemalan social activist who played a major role in the pre-Chicano Movement.