Defining Moments in American History: The Zoot Suit Riots
Defining Moments in American History: The Zoot Suit Riots
Editor/Author
Hillstrom, Kevin
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-78402-543-4
Category: History - United States -- History
Image Count:
47
Book Status:
Pending
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Table of Contents
Provides a detailed account of the political events, social trends, and racial attitudes that contributed to a week-long outbreak of violence in Los Angeles in 1943 by white servicemen and civilians against young Mexican-American "zoot suiters.'
Table of Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Book
- Research Topics for Defining Moments: The Zoot Suit Riots
- NARRATIVE OVERVIEW
- Prologue
- Chapter One: Caught in the Currents of Empire and Conquest
- Chapter Two: Rising Tensions in California
- Chapter Three: A City on Edge
- Chapter Four: The Trial of the 38th Street Boys
- Chapter Five: The Zoot Suit Riots
- Chapter Six: Release from Prison
- Chapter Seven: Legacy of the Zoot Suit Riots
- BIOGRAPHIES
- Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968): Mayor of Los Angeles during the Sleepy Lagoon Trial and Zoot Suit Riots
- José Díaz (1919-1942): Mexican Farm Worker Whose Murder Resulted in the Sleepy Lagoon Trial
- Charles William Fricke (1882-1958): Judge Who Presided over the 1943 Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial
- Alice Greenfield (1917-2009): Civil Rights Activist and Member of the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
- Henry “Hank” Leyvas (1923-1971): Mexican-American Defendant in the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial
- Carey McWilliams (1905-1980): American Journalist and Attorney Who Headed the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
- Edward Roybal (1916-2005): First Hispanic-American Member of the Los Angeles City Council and Longtime U.S. Representative
- George Shibley (1910-1989): Defense Attorney in the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial
- PRIMARY SOURCES
- Anglo Squatters Swarm Mexican-Owned Haciendas in California
- Examples of Anti-Mexican Discrimination in 1930s America
- Depression-Era Los Angeles Targets Mexicans for Repatriation
- A Los Angeles Police Officer Issues a Racist Report on the Mexican “Element”
- Courtroom Clashes between Fricke and Shibley
- Trying to Survive the Zoot Suit Riots
- Mexican-American Activists Assess the Causes of the Zoot Suit Riots
- The Los Angeles Times Attacks Eleanor Roosevelt's Stance on the Riots
- New Hispanic Hopes and Dreams in the Post-World War II Era
- From the Barrio to a German POW Camp—and Back
- A Landmark Legal Decision for Mexican Americans
- Honoring the Heritage and Contributions of Hispanic Americans
- Important People, Places, and Terms
- Chronology
- Sources for Further Study
- Bibliography
- Photo and Illustration Credits