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  Political Activism of Mexican Americans
.... Besides labor unrest in the immigrant and farm labor community, there were also the Sleepy Lagoon Murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots of Los Angeles. ....
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Activism of the Chicano Culture
.... Besides labor unrest in the immigrant and farm labor community, there were also the Sleepy Lagoon Murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots of Los Angeles. ....
(936 4 )

Civil rights violations by the LAPD
.... The Sleepy Lagoon Case in 1941 was used against Hispanic zoot-suiters and made them into something to fear for their foreign-ness during the war. ....
(1576 6 )

Autobiography of Dionicio Morales
.... It was in East LA, in the context of the notorious Sleepy Lagoon murders, that Morales found social and cultural purpose. Aware ....
(914 4 )

Los Angeles Riots
.... In August 1942, teenager Hank Leyvas, of the 38th Street Neighborhood, and his girlfriend were parked near the Sleepy Lagoon reservoir in East Los Angeles. ....
(1615 6 )

Racism in Police Departments
.... The Sleepy Lagoon Case in 1941 was directed at Hispanic zoot-suiters and made of them the embodiment of the fear of foreigners prevailing during the war. ....
(2456 10 )

California and Race
.... Southern California cities. In 1942 a Latino boy's murdered body was found in the "Sleepy Lagoon" near Los Angeles. Youth-gang activity ....
(2364 9 )

 
 
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