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  2. Zoot Suit Riots: Causes, Facts & Photos - HISTORY

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    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent clashes during which mobs of U.S. servicemen, off-duty police officers and civilians brawled with young Latinos and other minorities in Los...

  3. Zoot Suit Riots | Summary, Causes, Significance, & Facts |...

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    Zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, the latter of whom wore outfits called zoot suits. Learn more about the causes, details, and significance of the Zoot Suit Riots in this article.

  4. Zoot Suit Riots - Wikipedia

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    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots [1] that took place June 38, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city residents. [2]

  5. What Were the Zoot Suit Riots? - HISTORY

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    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent clashes during which mobs of U.S. servicemen, off-duty police officers and civilians brawled with young Latinos and other minorities in Los...

  6. The Zoot Suit Riots was a series of street fights between groups of U.S. servicemen and zoot suit-wearing young Latinos and other minorities that occurred during World War II, from June 3 to June 8, 1943, in Los Angeles, California.

  7. Zoot Suit Riots begin in Los Angeles | June 3, 1943 | HISTORY

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    On June 3, 1943, a group of U.S. sailors marches through downtown Los Angeles, carrying clubs and other makeshift weapons and attacking anyone wearing a “zoot suit”—the baggy wool pants,...

  8. The Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles

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    For the hundreds of predominantly Mexican American victims of what became known as the Zoot Suit Riots, a jacket and a pair of pants marked them as criminals for white servicemembers and civilians searching for someone to blame for the city’s inability to keep up with its growing population.

  9. Zoot Suit Riots Facts: US History for Kids - American Historama

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    Summary and Definition: The 1943 Anti-Mexican Zoot Suit Riots erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War 2 and were triggered by racism combined with fears of juvenile delinquency. The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of attacks by American servicemen on zoot-suit wearing neighborhood gangs of young Mexican-Americans known as 'pachucos'.

  10. June 3, 1943: The Zoot Suit Riots - Zinn Education Project

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    On June 3, 1943, white U.S. servicemen and police officers descended upon a majority-Mexican American neighborhood in East Los Angeles, California, and harassed, beat, and detained hundreds of Mexican American youth. The violent riot was fueled by centuries of colonialism and white supremacy.

  11. Zoot Suit Riots - Encyclopedia.com

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    During the Zoot Suit Riots, white servicemen, some of whom were accompanied by civilians, attacked “zooters,” or youths wearing zoot suits. In particular, they targeted zoot-clad Mexican Americans, who were sometimes known as pachucos and pachucas.