Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A. by Eduardo Obregón Pagán

Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riot in Wartime L.A.

Eduardo Obregón Pagán

328 pages • first pub 2003 (view editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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