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The “Roaring” Twenties
Emphasis on consumerism, individualism, culture, entertainment U.S. in Isolationist mode after WWI Horror/futility of war
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Splits in the Country Urban/Rural Science/Religion Scopes Trial
Re-emergence of The Ku Klux Klan
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Consumerism Credit and Conspicuous Consumption The Radio
The Automobile
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Prohibition’s Effects
Rise in, and romanticization of, organized crime The Mob Speakeasies
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The Flapper
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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
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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”
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Accommodation Booker T. Washington The Tuskegee school
Day-to-day improvements, job training, education Prove “worth” to white community, civil rights will follow
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Separatism Marcus Garvey Centered in Harlem
United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) “Back to Africa” movement The Black Star Line Message of Black Pride
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The Harlem Renaissance
Artistic movement(s) Patrons “Exoticized” images of Africa Caribbean occupations (like Haiti) Performance, perspective and the price to be paid.
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Zora Neale Hurston Langston Hughes
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Jazz The Cotton Club
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Billie Holiday Bessie Smith
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Josephine Baker
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Madame C.J. Walker
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