1. The “Roaring” Twenties
Emphasis on consumerism, individualism, culture, entertainment
U.S. in Isolationist mode after WWI
Horror/futility of war

2. Splits in the Country Urban/Rural Science/Religion Scopes Trial
Re-emergence of The Ku Klux Klan

3. Consumerism Credit and Conspicuous Consumption The Radio
The Automobile

4. Prohibition’s Effects
Rise in, and romanticization of, organized crime
The Mob
Speakeasies

6. The Flapper

7. 3 Strains of African American Activism
Integration - W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP
Accommodation – Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee school
Separatism – Marcus Garvey and the “Back to Africa” movement

8. Integration W.E.B. DuBois NAACP Develops in North
Work through the system to uphold existing laws and achieve legal changes
Concept of “the talented tenth”

9. Accommodation Booker T. Washington The Tuskegee school
Day-to-day improvements, job training, education
Prove “worth” to white community, civil rights will follow

10. Separatism Marcus Garvey Centered in Harlem
United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
“Back to Africa” movement
The Black Star Line
Message of Black Pride

11. The Harlem Renaissance
Artistic movement(s)
Patrons
“Exoticized” images of Africa
Caribbean occupations (like Haiti)
Performance, perspective and the price to be paid.

12. Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes

13. Jazz
The Cotton Club

14. Billie Holiday
Bessie Smith

15. Josephine Baker

16. Madame C.J. Walker