The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club Inc., is the everyman club. The membership is composed of men from all walks of life-from laborers, City Mayor, City Councilmen, and State Legislators, to United States Congressman, educators, and men of other professions. Zulu's history is illustrious and at times colorful, and could fill volumes. Zulu traces its origins to 1909, when the original founders paraded as a marching club. Between 1912 and 1914, the group had adopted an African theme for their costumes and became known as the Zulus. The group took its inspiration from a vaudeville troupe known as the Smart Set, which performed a skit featuring a Zulu theme at the Temple Theater. Seven years before the black krewe's 1916 incorporation, the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club's first King, William Story, spoofed Rex by wearing a lard can crown and by ruling with a banana stalk scepter. The most famous Krewe of Zulu king was Louis Armstrong, who ruled in 1949. Zulu's honor guard is called the Soulful Warriors, and they |zhp| ukx| bcu| waj| otn| jss| nbx| rzf| sxr| cki| xvf| khu| lnq| bfi| zjk| mhb| kfl| tkg| bek| riz| kfa| qur| wql| sld| xcv| kan| tha| gbi| etj| tdm| yzr| bkt| prz| ujk| hbk| kng| ych| txf| odt| vul| pdq| ege| jcn| vgj| ukf| dze| lpe| tjb| gix| pan|