80 years ago, young men of color were attacked for their “unpatriotic” fashion choices, leading to the Zoot Suit Riots. The repercussions can still be felt today. The zoot suit, with its ...

Cesar Chavez and Luis Valdez with Zoot Suit at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, 1979 (photo courtesy of Kinan Valdez) Rey Cordova as Henry and Gianna DiGregorio Rivera as El Pachuco (photo by ...

These youths, one stripped of his clothes and the others badly beaten, were victimized by police officers who scoured the streets of Los Angeles on June 7, 1943, ferreting out and beating zoot ...