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The 1920s The Economy, Mass Production, Appliances, Consumer Culture, Entertainment, Advertising, and the Black Experience
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Unprecedented Economic Growth
BOOMING Economy Unprecedented Economic Growth
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But the GAP widened
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Between the HAVES Photo by cadfael1979
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And the HAVE NOTS Photo by Rob!
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THE LOSERS Farmers Laborers by United Nations Photo by Tymtoi
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Henry Ford’s Assembly Line
More efficient (cheaper) production Less need for skilled laborers
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The Decade of the Automobile
Ford Model T
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Radios & Refrigerators
Mass Production Radios & Refrigerators
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Electrical Appliances
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http://tothetwenties. blogspot
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Installment Plan
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Buy NOW Pay LATER
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DEBT A Big Problem
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African Americans Leave the South
The Great Migration African Americans Leave the South
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Black % of Population 1900 Black = % Brown = % Red = % Orange = % Light orange = % Gray = 0.99% or less
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DESTINATION: Northern Cities
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Employment Opportunities
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ESCAPE Lynching CLICK for more paintings from Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series
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Black % of Population 1900 Black = % Brown = % Red = % Orange = % Light orange = % Gray = 0.99% or less
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Black % of Population 1990 Black = % Brown = % Red = % Orange = % Light orange = % Gray = 0.99% or less
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JAZZ Black music popular with white audiences
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JAZZ The prevalence of Jazz on the radio broke down a cultural barrier.
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But Racial stereotypes still persisted.
The “Gold Dust Twins” had a radio show, too!
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The Most SUCCESSFUL Silent Film EVER
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Harlem Renaissance African American intellectual movement
Literature, Poetry, Art, etc. Langston Hughes novelist and poet
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