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Zoot Suit Riots

1943 race riot by U.S. Armed Forces servicemen against Latino Americans in Los Angeles
Event ethnic_riot Q220359
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Zoot Suit Riots

Summary

Zoot Suit Riots is an ethnic riot[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of ethnic_riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zoot Suit Riots is in the country of United States[3].
  • Zoot Suit Riots's instance of is recorded as ethnic riot[4].
  • Zoot Suit Riots's instance of is recorded as persecution[5].
  • The location of Zoot Suit Riots was Los Angeles[6].
  • Zoot Suit Riots's Commons category is recorded as Zoot Suit Riots[7].
  • Zoot Suit Riots occurred on June 1943[8].

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When and Where

Zoot Suit Riots took place on June 1943[8]. The location of it was Los Angeles[6]. It is in the country of United States[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include ethnic riot[4] and persecution[5].

Why It Matters

Zoot Suit Riots ranks in the top 2% of ethnic_riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,810 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

Los Angeles United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point in time → +1943-06-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → ethnic riot, persecution
    Location → Los Angeles
    Country → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293696005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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