On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control. The police fanned out across LA, netting 600 young Mexican American suspects. Almost all those taken into custody were wearing the distinctive uniform of their generation: Zoot Suits. The tragic murder and the injustice of the trial that followed, coupled with sensational news coverage of both, fanned the flames of the racial hostility that was already running rife in the city. Within months of the verdict, Los Angeles was in the grip of some of the worst violence in its history.

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There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by...

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A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...

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The history and enduring legacy of one of the world's biggest and most influential radio stations.

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Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked ...

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