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The document summarizes key events in California history from 1943-1964 based on chapters from the book "California" by Kevin Starr. It describes racial tensions between Mexican Americans and white servicemen during WWII leading to the Zoot Suit riots in 1943. It also mentions the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the internment of Japanese Americans. After WWII, it notes changes in women's roles and the beginnings of the civil rights movement for African Americans and protests against the Vietnam War at UC Berkeley in 1964.







