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1920s Fashion Women Beautiful coordinated and accessorized outfits were a feature of 1920's ladies fashions. Hats, shoes, stockings, handbags, dresses and jewelry all came together in harmony to create a unique and elegant style that can only be appreciated when seen in real-life or in color illustrations. The vibrancy is lost in black and white photographs.

1920s Fashion Men Men wore Jos. A. Bank suits back in the Roaring Twenties and the label is still around almost 100 years later. Men dressed "Jazz Suits" marked by their high, narrow waists

1920s Children Fashion Although many families struggled with the hardship of little money, mothers were resourceful using their needlework skills to create enchanting clothing for their little ones

Great Depression These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.

Photos from Great Depression http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp

Great Depression ¼ of population was unemployed Caused by stock market crash in 1929 Many people were poverty-stricken and struggled to feed their families Hoover, the president at the time, did nothing to help the people in need FDR tried to end the depression, but did not

Jim Crow Laws 1877-1960s- laws that prohibited blacks from being recognized as citizens Separated blacks from whites in restaurants, schools, etc. Contributed to the continuation of racist attitudes and social unrest in the 1960s

Jim Crow Laws

Civil Rights Movement Novel was written during the civil rights movement Themes of novel stem from social unrest at the time includes the marches on Washington, controversy over Rosa Parks, and Alabama Riots

Civil Rights Movement

Scottsboro Boys’ Case The case that occurred in 1926 in Alabama (when the story takes place) 9 boys were accusing of raping two white men Boys were brought to trial and convicted The white “victims” later admitted to lying about the story

Scottsboro Boys Case

The South in the 1930s Recovering from Civil War Had an active KKK Many in the South still believed in and strictly followed the Jim Crow Laws One of the poorest states during the Depression Few blacks owned property and few voted because of racism

1930s Alabama