Los Angeles apologizes for Zoot Suit Riots 80 years later

Los Angeles County officials along with the city council have issued an apology for the "shameful" Zoot Suit Riots 80 years later. In 1943, white, uniform servicemen attacked young Mexican, Latino, Filipino and Black men for wearing the suits in a series of riots that swept the city for a week.

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Producer, Editor, Archival Research

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2023

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NBC News

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