This is just a little something something that Suavcito's has prepared on the history of the zoot suit riots. ... This entire incident is documented in the 1981 movie by Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit.

Zoot culture ... Zoot Culture: Explore the zoot suiters' style in music, dancing and clothes ... Map: Follow the riots as they spread through wartime Los Angeles

People & Events: The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 ... Citizens of early 1940s Los Angeles lived in an atmosphere of tension that ultimately exploded in the Zoot Suit Riots. But what caused the unrest?

The Zoot Suit Riots occurred in the context of national and global racial conflicts during the World War II era.

Zoot Suit Riots (check out the cool fashions link...) ... Fresh in the memory, of Los Angeles is last year's surge of gang violence that made the "zoot suit" a badge of delinquency.

“We’re Looking for Zoot-Suits to Burn”: Mexican Americans and the Zoot Suit Riots...

Luis Valdez summed up the zoot suit situation: The race riots began in Los Angeles between June 3-7, 1943.

1984 essay by Stuart Cosgrove explores the 1943 "Zoot-Suit Riots" and the "social and political importance" of the zoot-suit to Mexican-American youths. ... The Zoot-Suit Riots,

A 1942 court case that led to the Zoot Suit riots. ... A precursor to the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, the Sleepy Lagoon case is one of the most important events in the social history of Los Angeles but,

The Los Angeles City Council issued an ordinance banning the wearing of "zoot suits." "The zoot suit has become a badge of hoodlumism," explained Councilman Norris Nelson.