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Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-07-21 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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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 slayin
Zoot Suit & Other Plays
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Luis Valdez
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-04-30 - Publisher: Arte Publico Press

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This critically acclaimed play by Luis Valdez cracks open the depiction of Chicanos on stage, challenging viewers to revisit a troubled moment in our nationÕs
Lizard in a Zoot Suit
Language: en
Pages: 147
Authors: Marco Finnegan
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-04 - Publisher: Graphic Universe

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Los Angeles, 1943. It's the era of the Zoot Suit Riots, and Flaca and Cuata have a problem. It's bigger than being grounded by their strict mother. It's bigger
The Sleepy Lagoon Case
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: S. Guy Endore
Categories: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1943 - Publisher:

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Jazz Owls
Language: en
Pages: 208
Authors: Margarita Engle
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing y