Pachucos, young Mexican Americans with a penchant for flashy attire, embraced zoot suit fashion, jump blues, jazz and swing music and affirmed their self-empowerment by rejecting assimilation into ...

In the 1930s, Mexican American youth in the Southwest united to oppose racism, segregation and discrimination in the United States. Influenced by the style of Black Americans in Harlem, New York ...

Those who were found wearing zoot suits were beaten and often stripped of their clothing. Thousands of white civilians cheered them on and helped the sailors. As the riot progressed, Mexican ...

Attendees of a lowrider exhibition, wearing Zoot suits of the Mexican American subculture known as Pachucos, pose for a photo on a vintage car during the 20th anniversary of Lincoln Park in El Paso, ...

Torah portions and zoot suits Most people think the Bar Mitzvah is a religious ceremony in which the 13-year-old assumes adult responsibilities according to Jewish law and tradition. It is.

With the hope of getting more people through their doors, Natural History Museum officials are opening the venue’s new “front ...

We call that Chicano ingenuity.” Hugo Cardenas and Araceli Martinez, wearing Zoot suits of the Mexican American subculture known as Pachucos, dance while attending a lowrider exhibition during ...

Lowrider enthusiasts say the predominantly Latino cultural expression may be on the verge of a renaissance. It is a movement ...

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