History Documentary hosted by Joseph Tovares, published by PBS broadcasted as part of PBS American Experience series in 2002 - English narration.
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In June 1943, Los Angeles erupted into the worst race riots in the city to date. For 10 straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in search of "zoot-suiters" - hip, young Mexican teens dressed in baggy pants and long-tailed coats. The military men dragged kids - some as young as twelve years old - out of movie theaters and diners, bars and cafes, tearing the clothes off the young men's bodies and viciously beating them. Mexican youths aggressively struck back. The fighting intensified and on the worst night, taxi drivers offered free rides to the riot area. One LA paper even printed a guide on how to "de-zoot" a zoot-suiter. When the violence ended, scores of Mexicans and servicemen were in hospital beds.
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