CSPAN3 Zoot Suits And Race Relations During World War II August 29, 2017
We take you into College Classrooms across the country. In our original series lectures in history with discussions from college and University Classrooms around the country. Next, a look at latina history and the civil rights movement. We start with university of california san diego professor luis alvarez. Who teaches a class about the 1943 zoot suit riots in los angeles. He described Race Relations during the world war ii era. And how young people who wore zoot suits came to symbolize a challenge to conventional gender and racial identities. This is about an hour and a half. All right. So l...