The dancing that took place in Los Angeles City Hall on Friday wasn't a celebration, it was a reminder of one of the darkest periods in the city's history.
According to newspaper and historical accounts, a group of sailors confronted a group of Mexican Americans wearing zoot suits along Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles. The violent attacks on Latinos went on for nearly a week. Reports from the time stated that groups of sailors would go into neighborhoods, such as Boyle Heights, and other parts of East Los Angeles looking for men to fight.
Pachucos were a group of Mexican American men in the 1940s who were a part of a counterculture that wore zoot suit fashion and celebrated jazz and swing music. City Council President pro tempore Curren Price told the group, "We do apologize and let's work together to unite."
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