Racism Around Me

Cited history, on the map where it happened

Policing & state violence

The Zoot Suit Riots

3-8 June 1943Downtown and East Los Angeles, CA

Thousands of servicemen roamed Los Angeles for a week attacking Mexican American youths and stripping them in the street. Police followed behind and arrested the victims.

The marker sits at the centre of the place named, because the records do not fix a single spot.