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Gerardo Licón

Gerardo Licón is the author of "Pachucas, Pachucos, and Their Culture: Mexican American Zoot Suiters in the United States Southwest, 1910-1955."

Pachucas and African American teens in zoot suits, 1940s.

Pachucas and African American teens in zoot suits, 1940s.

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Pachucos: Not Just Mexican-American Males or Juvenile Delinquents

Participants of pachuco culture were not just male, youth or Mexican American. The history of the culture includes a number of complexities.