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With the world embroiled in its second World War, tensions were rising back on the home front. These tensions would boil over into a series of racially charged riots that would later become called, "The Zoot Suit Riots."

Sources Used in this episode:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/zoot-suit-riots

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_Suit_Riots

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/zoot-suit-riots-and-wartime-los-angeles

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/zoot/

https://huntington.org/sites/default/files/documents/Collections%20in%20Context_Zoot%20Suit%20Riots.pdf

https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-06-26/the-zoot-suit-riots-80-years-later-essential-california

https://www.britannica.com/event/Zoot-Suit-Riots

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