1840 (courtesy Maryland Center for History and Culture); right: Zoot suit, American (1940s) (© The Metropolitan Museum of Art) While Miller ... century among Black, Mexican-American, and ...

The 2024 Día de los Muertos communal gathering was held by the Barrio Arts and Ethnic Studies department in the library quad ...

Vic’s father, who escaped the Mexican revolution by riding on top ... He vividly remembered the Zoot Suit riots of 1943. In 1944, the family moved to South Central Los Angeles where Vic attended ...

Tonight, Chavarria is nominated for the CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Award. This is his third nomination and he won the title last year. In celebration, here is an interview with Chavarria about ...

The tension continued to escalate until a street fight between sailors and Mexican American boys sparked more than a week of fighting in June of 1943 known as the Zoot Suit Riots. On the evening ...

Pachucos, young Mexican Americans with a penchant for flashy attire, embraced zoot suit fashion, jump blues, jazz and swing music and affirmed their self-empowerment by rejecting assimilation into ...

In the 1930s, Mexican American youth in the Southwest united to oppose racism, segregation and discrimination in the United States. Influenced by the style of Black Americans in Harlem, New York ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The National Museum of Mexican Art's Día de los Muertos Xicágo event is a celebration that gets larger with every year that goes by. This year, the festivities gathered 100 ...

“To me, it’s about expressing my art and what I can do with my own hands,” Martinez told The Associated Press as he polished ...

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