Sentences with phrase «wearing zoot suits»
I saw Swingers for the first time before its dialogue became part of the national lexicon, before the whole swing dancing thing got out of hand and people in Sheboygan started wearing zoot suits and long - assed wallet chains.
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Troy Michie's exhibition at Company Gallery alluded to the Zoot Suit Riots in 1943, when white servicemen in Los Angeles beat and stripped Californians of color, primarily Mexican - Americans, for the mere fact of the clothes they chose to wear.
Screening: Zoot Suit at Brooklyn Academy of Music Zoot Suit, a 1981 film adapted from an earlier stage production, explores the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943, when a group of Los Angeles policemen beat and stripped persons of color, primarily Chicanx ones, because they wore certain outfits.
A lively, inquisitive, zoot - suit - wearing high - school student, Leslie made the most of New York City's wartime cultural riches.