1. The culture of the Jazz Age

2. New Morality, new ideas, new concerns
Flappers – new independence for women
Margaret Mead – one of the first women anthropologists
Evolution vs. Creationism
Billy Sunday and Aimee McPherson – evangelical preachers
Bohemian – artistic and unconventional

3. authors Carl Sandburg poet T.S. Eliot Ernest Hemingway novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. Name that Novel…
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” - Nick, “The Great Gatsby”

5. Baseball, boxing, and other sports
Babe Ruth
- baseball
Jack Dempsey
- boxing
Red Grange
- football
Bobby Jones
- golf
Bill Tilden
- tennis
Helen Wills

8. Man o’ war
“Big Red”
Lifetime record:
20-1-0

10. Movies, radio, and music
The Golden Age began with the first motion picture with sound.
The Jazz Singer
The first “talkie”
The Eveready Hour
Amos and Andy
Louis Armstrong

11. The jazz singer

12. Fighting Jim crow laws
1883 Supreme Court Ruling overturned the Civil Rights Act of 1875 – prohibiting discrimination in public place
Ruling said states couldn’t deny citizens protection, private organizations were not subject to the law
Plessy v. Ferguson
Separate but equal
Racial violence increased drastically
lynching

13. The harlem Renaissance
The Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the industrial cites of the North led to the Harlem Renaissance
Reaction from racism and discrimination being experienced
Stimulated artistic development, racial pride, a sense of community, and political organization.

14. The writers Claude McKay Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston Poet
Leading voice of African experience
Zora Neale Hurston
Rural African-American culture

15. Their eyes were watching God
“She tore off the kerchief from her head and let down her plentiful hair. The weight, the length, the glory was there.” - How does this quote relate to liberation or freedom?

16. Jazz, blues, and the theater
Louis Armstrong
Early Jazz
Duke Ellington
Used improvisation
Bessie Smith
symbolized “soul”

18. African American politics
Oscar DePriest – first African American elected to Congress
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Advocated for anti-lynching legislation
Marcus Garvey – founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

19. I, Too – Langston Hughes
Nobody’ll dare Say to me, “Eat in the kitchen,” Then. Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed – I, too, am America.
I, too, sing America I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table When company comes.

21. Reflection
In 2-3 paragraphs, reflect on the cultural significance that the “Jazz Age” had on the youth of the 1920s and what influence it has had on the cultural progression of the 21st century. Be sure to use specific names of artists of the past and present.
10 points