Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A.
- ISBN-10
- 0807828262
- ISBN-13
- 9780807828267
- Series
- Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 313
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Description
The notorious 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murder trial in Los Angeles concluded with the conviction of seventeen young Mexican American men for the alleged gang slaying of fellow youth Jose Diaz. Just five months later, the so-called Zoot Suit Riot erupted, as w
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