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1. American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots

   Learn about the complicated racial tension that exploded on LA's streets after a sensationalized trial in 1942. Find a timeline, photo gallery, biographies of people involved, and newspaper articles from this PBS companion site. Available in Spanish.

   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/

   
   

2. Heroes, Hooligans, and the Zoot Suit Riots

   Read a paper about these riots.

   http://www.bisonusa.net/zoot.htm

   
   

3. Mexican American Voices: Zoot Suit Riots

   Read the Governor's Citizens' Committee Report from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

   http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=104

   
   

4. Sleepy Lagoon Murder Mystery

   Find facts and photos behind this murder in the 1940's that became one of the most important events in Los Angeles' history.

   http://www.sleepylagoon.com/H/sltrial.htm

   
   

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