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Primary Sources: Civil Rights in America - Events: Sleepy Lagoon & Zoot Suit Riots (1943)

Major events in American Civil Rights History

zoot suit riot arrests

Zoot suiters lined up outside Los Angeles jail en route to court after feud with sailors

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Online Sources: Sleepy Lagoon Murder & Zoot Suit Riots

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