Carter likens the ‘Malcolm X’ zoot suits to drop-crotch pants Image Credit: Photofest Spike Lee called upon Carter again in 1992 for Malcolm X, ...

Who wore zoot suits? Duke Ellington, jazz musicians, Malcolm X and Cab Calloway all wore them, said Zabriskie. (Calloway appears in a classic zoot suit in the 1943 film, “Stormy Weather.”) ...

Malcolm X, Dizzy Gillespie and more used to wear zoot suits as a form of rebellion and as a symbol of freedom and self-determination. ... It was described in Kathy Peiss’ book, Zoot Suit: ...

Zoot suits became popular during the 1930s and early 1940s among some of those marginalized young people — particularly black, Latino, ... “Malcolm X, Cesar Chavez, ...

The zoot suit was vilified by L.A. authorities during the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943. But its dandy-ish profile continues to influence fashion.

Worn by figures such as Cab Calloway and Malcolm X, the suit rose prominence among Mexican-American youth during the second world war. Young women who wore the zoot suit ...

It's the story of a real-life murder trial and the so-called Zoot Suit Riots, set amid rampant discrimination in 1940s Los Angeles. A play called "Zoot Suit" was a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s ...