Zoot Suit Riots Anniversary June 3 to 13, 1943
Posted: June 3rd, 2010
From June 3 to June 13, 1943, servicemen stationed at the Chavez Ravine naval station randomly beat up young Mexican American and Black men throughout Los Angeles. The sailors brutalized their victims and left them lying in the streets; police and sheriffs then arrested victims instead of their attackers. Great Wall of Los Angeles by Judy Baca © and SPARC.
