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Vor 2 Tagen · African American literary and artistic culture developed rapidly during the 1920s under the banner of the "Harlem Renaissance". In 1921, the Black Swan Corporation was founded. At its height, it issued 10 recordings per month. All-African American musicals also started in 1921.
- Mainly the United States, (equivalents and effects in the greater Western world)
15. Mai 2024 · The Harlem Renaissance was an African American cultural movement that flourished in the 1920s and had Harlem in New York City as its symbolic capital. It was a time of great creativity in musical, theatrical, and visual arts but was perhaps most associated with literature; it is considered the most influential period in African ...
Vor 2 Tagen · By 1920, Harlem, by virtue of the sheer size of its black population, had emerged as the virtual capital of black America; its name evoked a magic that lured all classes of blacks from all sections of the country to its streets. Impoverished southern farmers and sharecroppers made their way northward, where they were joined in Harlem ...
13. Mai 2024 · Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s more... less... "... presents an expansive collection of primary sources designed to enhance classroom study of the 1920s—a brief but defining period in American history, perhaps the first that seems immediately recognizable to us in the 21st century."
13. Mai 2024 · 01. Jazz Music Takes Center Stage: The 1920s saw the rise of jazz, a genre that became the soundtrack of the decade. Originating from African American communities in the South, jazz quickly spread across the United States, symbolizing the decade's break from tradition and embrace of new cultural norms. 02.
15. Mai 2024 · The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” BBC GCSE:Life in the United States of America, 1920-33.
8. Mai 2024 · By the 1920s, Harlem was the largest African-American city in the nation. In 1923 Jean Toomer was the first to apply experimental literary techniques to African culture. In the late Twenties, a plethora of Southern writers' works were published.
