Zoot Suit Pachanga celebrates culture, history

Zoot Suit Pachanga celebrates culture, history

By Renee Ruelas/Sun-News – LCSun-News.com – Photo Jett Loe/Sun-News Cisco Martinez and Gure Martinez were participants in the Zoot Suit contest at the Zoot Suit Pachanga last year. This year’s event was held Saturday in Klein Park.  The 2nd annual...
Demian Bichir plays it cool in ‘Zoot Suit’

Demian Bichir plays it cool in ‘Zoot Suit’

By Daryl H. Miller/Contact Reporter – LATimes.com – Photo Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times – He holds out the sleek, black fedora for closer inspection. It is at once reserved and dandyish, with a brim that sweeps up in back into what look like...
Zoot Suit Discovery Guide

Zoot Suit Discovery Guide

By Research.Pomona.edu – Image Not Credited Pachuco and Pachuca are terms coined in the 1940s to refer to Mexican American men and women who dressed in zoot suits or zoot suit-influenced attire. Though there is no definite origin of the word Pachuco, one theory...
What were the Zoot Suit Riots?

What were the Zoot Suit Riots?

By Evan Andrews – History.com – Photo Library of Congress The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent clashes during which mobs of U.S. servicemen, off-duty police officers and civilians brawled with young Latinos and other minorities in Los Angeles. The...