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Author : S. Guy Endore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005642215
Author : Guy Endore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798668672608
When seventeen boys are in jail for a murder that was never even established as a murder, and may possibly have been due to an automobile accident--when seventeen boys are tried in a court of justice by a judge notoriously prejudiced against anyone of Mexican descent--when officials of the county let it be known that they believe the whole Latin-American population of this hemisphere bears the lust for murder in its blood-stream, an inherited taint that can never be overcome--when during the trial one of the police investigators, who never denied that he brutally beat up certain of the boys, writes a lurid article for a pulp magazine describing the boys as vicious young terrorists guilty of murder, long before the jury has brought in a verdict--when the press drums up wild inventions about zoot-suit gangsters--Well, I ask you: is this American fair play? Is this our American system of considering people innocent until they are proved guilty? Beatings, forced confessions, news-paper terrorism, official racist policies openly enunciated: is this America? Is this California? I say the Sleepy Lagoon case is no sleeping matter.
Author : Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442995192
This is a superior work. Pagan succeeds in using the Zoot Suit Riot as a lens by which to illuminate a forgotten slice of American culture and race relations during the 1940s. This is an important contribution to our understanding of race relations in World War II America.'' David Montejano, University of California, Berkeley The notorious 1942 ''Sleepy Lagoon'' murder trial in Los Angeles concluded with the conviction of seventeen young Mexican American men for the alleged gang slaying of fellow youth Jose Diaz. Just five months later, the so-called Zoot Suit Riot erupted, as white soldiers in the city attacked minority youths and burned their distinctive zoot suits. Eduardo Obregon Pagan here provides the first comprehensive social history of both the trial and the riot and argues that they resulted from a volatile mix of racial and social tensions that had long been simmering. In reconstructing the lives of the murder victim and those accused of the crime, Pagan contends that neither the convictions (which were based on little hard evidence) nor the ensuing riot arose simply from anti-Mexican sentiment. He demonstrates that instead a variety of pre-existing stresses, including demographic pressures, anxiety about nascent youth culture, and the war effort all contributed to the social tension and the eruption of violence. Moreover, he recovers a multidimensional picture of Los Angeles during World War II that incorporates the complex intersections of music, fashion, violence, race relations, and neighborhood activism. Drawing upon overlooked evidence, Pagan concludes by reconstructing the murder scene and proposes a compelling theory about what really happened the night of the murder.
Author : Eduardo Obregón Pagán
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807828267
The notorious 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murder trial in Los Angeles concluded with the conviction of seventeen young Mexican American men for the alleged gang slaying of fellow youth Jose Diaz. Just five months later, the so-called Zoot Suit Riot erupted, as w
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442995970
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442994997
Author : Eduardo Obregón Pagán,Eduardo Obreg Pag N
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442995048
The notorious 1942 Sleepy Lagoon murder trial in Los Angeles concluded with the conviction of seventeen young Mexican American men for the alleged gang slaying of fellow youth Jose Diaz. Just five months later, the so-called Zoot Suit Riot erupted, as white soldiers in the city attacked minority youths and burned their distinctive zoot suits...
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442995093
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442995802
Author : Mark A. Weitz
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780700617470
What began as a neighborhood party during the summer of 1942 led to the largest mass murder trial in California's history. After young Jose Diaz was found murdered near Los Angeles' Sleepy Lagoon reservoir, 600 Mexican Americans were rounded up by the police, 24 were indicted, and 17 were convicted. But thanks to the efforts of crusading lawyers, Hollywood celebrities, and Mexican Americans throughout the nation, all 17 convictions were thrown out in an appellate decision that cited lack of evidence, coerced testimony, deprivation of the right to counsel, and judicial misconduct. Mark Weitz chronicles the Sleepy Lagoon case (People v. Zammora) from the streets of the L.A.'s Mexican-American neighborhoods to the criminal courts, through the appeals process, and to the ultimate release of the convicted. In the process, Weitz opens a window on the uneasy world of Hispanic-Anglo relations, which, exacerbated by an influx of Mexican immigrants, had simmered beneath the surface in California for a century and reached the boiling point by 1942. By demonstrating how an environment of hostility and fear had fostered a breakdown in the legal protections that should have been afforded to the Sleepy Lagoon defendants, Weitz also illuminates a vital episode in the evolution of defendants' rights-including the right to counsel and a fair and impartial trial. As the case unfolded, the prosecution and local media drew ominous comparisons between the supposed dangers posed by the Mexican-American defendants and the threat allegedly posed by thousands of Japanese Americans, whose sympathies had been called into question after Pearl Harbor. Weitz shows how Zammora demonstrates what it is like to literally be tried in the court of public opinion where the "opinion" has been shaped before the trial even begins. Now, as Americans once again feel threatened by outsiders-whether Islamic jihadists or illegal immigrants—Zammora provides a mirror showing us how we acted then compared to how we respond now. While much of what occurred in 1942 L.A. was unique to its time and place, Weitz's compelling narrative shows that many of the social, political, and culture issues that dominated America then are still with us today.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442995024
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442995321
Author : Frank Krutnik
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780813541983
'Un-American Hollywood' debates the blacklist era and the aesthetic and political work of the Hollywood Left. Featuring case studies focusing on contexts of production and reception, it offers perspectives on the role of progressive politics within a capitalist media industry.
Author : Alfredo Mirandé
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816521029
Alfredo Mirandé, a sociology professor, Stanford Law graduate, and part-time pro bono attorney, represents clients who are rascuache—a Spanish word for “poor” or even “wretched”—and on the margins of society. For Mirandé, however, rascuache means to be “down but not out,” an underdog who is still holding its ground. Rascuache Lawyer offers a unique perspective on providing legal services to poor, usually minority, folks who are often just one short step from jail. Not only a passionate argument for rascuache lawyering, it is also a thoughtful, practical attempt to apply and test critical race theory—particularly Latino critical race theory—in day-to-day legal practice. Every chapter presents an actual case from Mirandé’s experience (only the names and places have been changed). His clients have been charged with everything from carrying a concealed weapon, indecent exposure, and trespassing to attempted murder, domestic violence, and child abuse. Among them are recent Mexican immigrants, drug addicts, gang members, and the homeless. All of them are destitute, and many are victims of racial profiling. Some “pay” Mirandé with bartered services such as painting, home repairs, or mechanical work on his car. And Mirandé doesn’t always win their cases. But, as he recounts, he certainly works tirelessly to pursue all legal remedies. Each case is presented as a letter to a fascinating (fictional) “Super Chicana” named Fermina Gabriel, who we are told is an accomplished lawyer, author, and singer. This narrative device allows the author to present his cases as if he were recounting them to a friend, drawing in the reader as a friend as well. Bookending the individual cases, Mirandé’s introductions and conclusions offer a compelling vision of progressive legal practice grounded in rascuache lawyering.
Author : Peter Wolfe
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0739120026
James Ellroy's prose, in many ways as complex as any in the Western literary canon, strung together sensational stories of crime and catastrophe. The significance of his writing to Western culture has yet to be fully explored. Author Peter Wolfe offers us the first book-length study of Ellroy in English.