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.”) ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Article The Rise of Riots. The Sleepy Lagoon murder and zoot suit riots of 1943. Article Enrique "Henry" Reyes Leyvas (1923-1971) Henry Leyvas was 19 years old when he was arrested for the murder ...

Professor Luis Alvarez talked about the factors that led to the 1943 Los Angeles zoot suit riots. He describes race relations during the World War II era and how youth who wore zoot suits came to ...

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 ...