2. BOOMING Economy Unprecedented Economic Growth

4. Photo by cadfael1979cadfael1979

5. Photo by Rob!Rob!

6. by United Nations PhotoUnited Nations Photoby TymtoiTymtoi

7. More efficient (cheaper) production Less need for skilled laborers

8. Ford Model T

9. Radios & Refrigerators

13. Installment Plan

17. The Great Migration African Americans Leave the South 1916-1930

18. Black % of Population 1900 Black = 35.00+% Brown = 20.00-34.99% Red = 10.00-19.99% Orange = 5.00-9.99% Light orange = 1.00-4.99% Gray = 0.99% or less

19. CLICK for more paintings from Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series DESTINATION: Northern Cities DESTINATION: Northern Cities

20. CLICK for more paintings from Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series Employment Opportunities

21. CLICK for more paintings from Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series ESCAPE Lynching

22. Black % of Population 1900 Black = 35.00+% Brown = 20.00-34.99% Red = 10.00-19.99% Orange = 5.00-9.99% Light orange = 1.00-4.99% Gray = 0.99% or less

23. Black % of Population 1990 Black = 35.00+% Brown = 20.00-34.99% Red = 10.00-19.99% Orange = 5.00-9.99% Light orange = 1.00-4.99% Gray = 0.99% or less

24. Black music popular with white audiences

25. JAZZ The prevalence of Jazz on the radio broke down a cultural barrier.

26. The “Gold Dust Twins” had a radio show, too!

27. The Most SUCCESSFUL Silent Film EVER

28. Harlem Renaissance African American intellectual movement Literature, Poetry, Art, etc. Langston Hughes Langston Hughes novelist and poet