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Episode 193: Abortion is Not a Dirty Word | Zoot Suit Riots

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Hillary and Tina cover the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943.

In Los Angeles, the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 were fueled by tensions that ran deep. BUT in the chaos, a stark example of underlying racism emerged, exposing an uncomfortable truth about America's past.

Hillary's Story

Sources
History
Zoot Suit Riots

LA Times

The untold story of the Zoot Suit riots: How Black L.A. defended Mexican Americans

NBC News

Los Angeles apologizes for Zoot Suit Riots 80 years later

National WW2 Museum

The Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles

PBS

The Rise of Riots
Zoot Suit Riots

The Smithsonian

A Brief History of the Zoot Suit

Wikipedia

Zoot Suit Riots

Photos

Mexican American man wearing a zoot suit in 1943--from Library of Congress via National WW2 Museum
African American men wearing zoot suits in 1942--by Kingmidas911 via Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Servicemen holding strips of Zoot Suits during Riots--from Bettman Archive via History
Two victims stripped of Zoot Suits by Servicemen--Anthony Potter Connection via History

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