Mass Media -schooling is expanded to educate the masses -new coverage of events began to shape public opinion -invention of radio became a powerful influence
Cultural Arts -George Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue” -Georgia O’Keefe
Literature -many writers felt alienated by the 20’s -Sinclair Lewis -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Literature -Gertrude Stein “Lost Generation” -Ernest Hemingway “For Whom the Bell Tolls” “Farewell to Arms” -T.S. Eliot “Wasteland” -Robert Frost “Road not Taken”
Heroes -increased leisure time allowed people to pursue pastimes -Babe Ruth -Jack Dempsey & Gene Tunney -Red Grange -Notre Dame -Bobby Jones
Lucky Lindy -trans-Atlantic flight -Charles A. Lindbergh -Spirit of St. Louis -American hero -Amelia Earhart
Motion Pictures -Hollywood emerges -Charlie Chaplin “Little Tramp” -Clara Bow “It Girl” -Rudolph Valentino -talking films, 1927 “Jazz Singer” -Mickey Mouse, 1930
Motion Pictures -Hollywood emerges -Charlie Chaplin “Little Tramp” -Clara Bow “It Girl” -Rudolph Valentino -talking films, 1927 :”Jazz Singer” -Mickey Mouse, 1930
Motion Pictures -Hollywood emerges -Charlie Chaplin “Little Tramp” -Clara Bow “It Girl” -Rudolph Valentino -talking films, 1927 :”Jazz Singer” -Mickey Mouse, 1930
African American Goals -literary and artistic movement -celebrated African American culture -Black Nationalism -Marcus Garvey -Back to Africa movement
Harlem Renaissance -literary and artistic movement -celebrated African American culture -Langston Hughes -Claude McKay -Zora Neal Hurston
Black Artists -Paul Robeson -Louis Armstrong -Duke Ellington -Bessie Smith