HIS 106 Lecture 4: POST-WAR BACKLASH & THE 1920s
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Post-war backlash & the 1920s: after ww1 ends, 1918, fundamental changes, movement of people into workforce, african americans, women. The changes led to a growing nativist movement. Illinois: more northern states, reaches 3 million members, distribution of birth of a nation . Image of women that is more socially and culturally liberated. Poets: langston hughes, important poet, poems about celebrating black americans and create a culture that incorporates black americans, zora neal hurston, their eyes were watching god , book, epitomizes aesthetics of harlem renaissance. Improvisational: seen as cool and sexy by a lot of younger urbanites. Flocked to jazz clubs: driven by young people in cities, political component, growing black separatists movement, rejection of american citizenship. Etc: the stock market is soaring very high. The new york stock exchange is trading at a high for most of the decade: people are trying to make millions with this.
