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"Zoot Suit"

The history of the Zoot Suit riots in Los Angeles

http://www.suavecito.com/history.htm

 

Articles on the Zoot Suit riots

http://www.swingak.com/doc/his/zootriot.htm  

 

Los Angeles Times articles about The Zoot Suit Riots

http://web.mala.bc.ca/davies/H324War/Zootsuit.riots.media.1943.htm  

 

Governor's Citizen's Committee Report on Los Angeles Riots

http://www.gliah.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=104

 

 The Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots inforamtion

http://www.losangelesalmanac.com/topics/History/hi07t.htm

 

 Who purchased the first Pachuco suit? What clothes made up the Zoot Suit?

http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/whole_cloth/u7sf/u7materials/cosgrove.html

 

What is the Zoot Suit?

http://www.serratowebpage.com/terms.htm                                    

 

The Sleepy Lagoon Mystery

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/scandals/lagoon.html

 

What , when where: “Sleepy Lagoon”

http://www.gliah.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=103

 

About the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial

http://www.sleepylagoon.com/H/sltrial.htm

  "Bandido"

A synopsis of the play.  

http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=A84361  

 

Who was Tiburcio Vasquez?

http://www.socalhistory.org/Biographies/vasquez.htm

 

Information and history on Tiburcio Vasquez. 

http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/vasquez-thrall.htm

 

"I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges"

 This website is for the play that Luis Valdez put on at Teatro Campesino the theater company he founded.                                                                    

http://www.main.org/polycosmos/teatro/badges.htm

 

This website gives information on Luis Valdez and also on the plays he’s written including “ I don’t have to show you no Stinking Badges ” 

http://www.arts.gov/learn/NCA/Valdez.html