Chapters 10.4 & 10.5 Cultural Innovations Pgs. 382 – 385 African American Culture Pgs. 388 – 393
Art & Literature Modern American Art Poets & Writers Lots of European influence Different inspiration Poets & Writers Glorified the common man The “Lost Generation” Disillusioned with life in the US Antiheros Hemingway & Fitzgerald
Popular Culture Movies & Radio Sports From Silent Films to “talkies” Radio shows – remember “soaps”? Sports The Sultan of Swat, Great Bambino, The Babe Boxing, football, golf
The Harlem Renaissance Great Migration African Americans moved north Jobs, escape segregation, a better life The Writers Langston Hughes Jazz, Blues and the Theater Jazz – the root of modern music Improvisations of Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington & the Cotton Club
African Americans and 1920s Politics The Black Vote in the North Black populations swelled in cities Lead to strong power Supported Republicans Elected Black Congressmen The NAACP Battles Injustice Lobbied & used Courts Wanted to end lynching Helped block the appointment of a racist Supreme Court Justice Demonstrated the political power blacks had gained
Cont. Black Nationalism and Marcus Garvey “A Germany for Germans and an Africa for Africans” Black pride Failed effort Or was it?