American Culture Changes
The Great Migration -the major relocation of African Americans from the South to the North -looking for economic opportunity/racial equality -settled in large cities like NYC, Chicago, Detroit, etc.; still faced discrimination
Harlem -Harlem- neighborhood in Manhattan; official capital of African American culture and activism in the U.S. -W.E. Du Bois & The Crisis
Harlem renaissance -H.R.- the great African American arts movement that occurred in NYC in the 1920s -Marcus Garvey & U.N.I.A.
Garvey vs. dubois VS.
Harlem renaissance -Writing/Poetry -defiance/resistance to prejudice -James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay -Art -experiences of African Americans -William Johnson, Aaron Douglas -Performers Paul Robeson
Jazz & Blues Music -Jazz “If you have ask what it is you’ll never know” -Louis Armstrong -Bessie Smith -George Gershwin
Mass Entertainment -Radio -Movies
New Heroes -Thanks to mass entertainment -movie stars, sports stars, & “Lucky Lindy”
Clara Bow Mary Pickford Louise Brooks
Chaplin Valentino Fairbanks
Pilots -Charles Lindbergh -Amelia Everhart
Sports Heroes -p.664
Literature -about the rich and famous -examined 1920s values -focused on the middle class -focused on 1920s pop culture -WWI Influence