Within months of the convictions, Los Angeles erupted in the Zoot Suit Riot. For the better part of a week, servicemen from different armed forces dragged kids off streetcars, from restaurants ...

The 2024 Día de los Muertos communal gathering was held by the Barrio Arts and Ethnic Studies department in the library quad ...

The Los Angeles police went to great lengths to arrest young Mexican Americans and put them in prison. Pachuco Luis Garcia alleges that anyone wearing a zoot suit would be jailed if spotted on the ...

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 ...

Padded shoulders originated in military and hunting attire. But they’ve come to communicate so much more, creating a silhouette embraced by both candidates.

Thus, on the morning of June 29, at Los Angeles’ University Synagogue, Jeremy will be called to read from Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 to 30:1), the parshah, or portion of the week.

Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles quickly found ways to identify one another and create places for themselves to belong. This first happened with the Pachucos during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots ...

For a second time, Willy Chavarria's Chicano-inspired designs take the CFDA Fashion Awards Menswear Designer of the Year ...

How many Broadway shows has Richard Jay-Alexander been in? Richard Jay-Alexander has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Richard Jay-Alexander been in? Richard Jay ...