City Calendar

Name: American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots
Start: 2017-10-13T00:30+00:00
End: 2017-10-13T01:30+00:00
Location: West Hollywood Library, Community Meeting Room

Print

Font Size: + -

The Calendar features a comprehensive schedule of City of West Hollywood meetings and City-sponsored events. In order to ensure accuracy, only listings for the current month appear on the Calendar. (Past events remain listed, as well.) The following month's Calendar listings are typically added during the last week of the month prior.

American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots

Date: October 12, 2017 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM October 12, 2017 5:30 PM October 12, 2017 6:30 PM
Location: West Hollywood Library, Community Meeting Room
625 N. San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood, California 90069

Add to my Calendar

Join us in the Community Meeting Room as we recognize Hispanic Heritage Month with a screening of the PBS documentary, American Experience: Zoot Suit Riots. The 1942 murder of a young Mexican-American in Los Angeles ignited old tensions among local citizens. The press claimed “zoot-suiters” (based on their dress) were terrorizing the city. Police arrested 600 young Mexican Americans, with 17 convicted despite little evidence of guilt. Riots raged between servicemen and Mexican Americans. 60 minutes, Year: 2002.Refreshments provided by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library. Ages 14+. For more information, please visit http://www.colapublib.org/calendar/index.php?eID=115292

RSVP: No

Cost: No

Contact: West Hollywood Library 310-652-5340

Return to full list >>