Zoot Suit Riots Memorial Cruise 2024 - Downtown Los Angeles 

Who can forget the riots in 1940"s Los Angeles, were innocent Los Angelinos ( Mexican American) were attacked because of who thtere are and what they wore.

Hi 👋 Greetings from New Zealand. A good procession of old cars. My parents married in 1955 , and their bridal cars were two Chevrolets. Like the ones featured here in your video. American cars were assembled here in the early days of motoring.

I can remember when these cars were on the roads daily. Time goes by so fast.

Wow so many beautiful old cars!

Nice video, thanks for sharing. 👍

Thanks for another great Video , any idea of the number of Cars that participated????

Great job! And photography

Damn so many Beautiful old school Ranflas i love it 💙

I love that cruising is now legal in California and boy I missed y'all the good old days are finally coming back ❤️. I used to cruise for hours it used to be so much fun.

Well done!👍👍

Beautiful 😍

That`s a Spicy Meat Ball.

What Day is this on? I see it sometimes on the 6th and this year on the 2nd. I missed it this year and don't want to miss it next year.

very nice

Bonaru.😎🤙🤟👍

The year 1943

The bodies of dead soldiers Mexican and mexican American were coming back from the war into their neighborhoods. Every mother in those poor neighborhoods noticed a pattern, Ruben Salazar a reporter from the LA Times was shot to dead in the eye for reporting. The government treated LA as a domestic colony and the forces of peace murdered people, the government then sent soldiers to combat the citizens. A congressman called Mexicans descendants of the bloody aztec and violent aliens. The government started playing dirty politics and started deviation by accusing mexicans for being drug dealers, amplified the word Hemp into Marijuana to deceive public opinion.

Its very interesting how society glorifies Zoot Suits today. In the early 1940s, the United States government mandated a ration for the War effort. The categories of rationed foods during the War were sugar, coffee, processed foods (canned, frozen, etc.), meats and canned fish, and cheese, canned milk, and fats. Furthermore, shortly after Pearl Harbor, there was a heavy burden on US supplies of basic materials like metal, rubber, paper, shoes, and ESPECIALLY garments . Minimal used clothing was mandatory throughout the United States, but some Mexicans decided to defy the rules set forth, wear excessive clothing , and because they didn't enlist in the Services, it pissed Americans off ! Today we look at these people as some sort of Heroes . The men that fought in the War were the TRUE HEROES !