This is a lecture I recorded for my Fashion in the Avant-Garde Class. For further information and context on the Zoot Suit see:
Cosgrove, Stuart. "The Zoot-Suit and Style Warfare." History Workshop Journal 18: 1 (Autumn 1984): 77-91.
Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley). The Autobiography of Malcolm X. New York: One World, 1999.
Tovares, Joseph, dir. Zoot Suit Riots. (2002).
Also Related:
Nguyen, Mimi Thi. "The Hoodie as Sign, Screen, Expectation, and Force." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society 40: 4 (Summer 2015) 791-816.