The Jazz Age Chapter 20 Section 2-3
Literature Ernest Hemingway – wrote about his experiences in WWI For Whom the Bell Tolls A Farewell to Arms F. Scott Fitzgerald – glamorous characters who chased futile dreams The Great Gatsby
Baseball Icons Babe Ruth b/c a national hero for his homeruns
Baseball Icons Babe Ruth & Lou GehrigTy Cobb & Ted Williams
Boxing Icon Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion from
Football Icon Red Grange known as the “Galloping Ghost” b/c of his speed
Popular Culture Motion Pictures b/c popular 1927 – first “talking” picture – The Jazz Singer Mass media – radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines Unified the nation through shared experiences
The Golden Age of Radio
The Silver Screen Alabama Theatre The Showplace of the South
The Fox Theatre Atlanta, Georgia
Hollywood Icons Charlie Chaplin was a huge star of silent films
Hollywood Icons Mary Pickford was America’s sweetheart
Hollywood Icons Rudolph Valentino was described as “catnip to women” He was known as “The Great Lover”
Harlem Renaissance An African-American mvmt in the arts Great Migration African Americans journeyed from the rural South to industrial cities in the North Harlem in New York City was full of night clubs and music Growing A.A. art, racial pride, and a sense of community and political organization
Harlem Renaissance The “New Negro”
Writers Claude McKay Expressed a proud defiance and bitter contempt of racism Langston Hughes Very original and versatile Wrote about A.A. experiences in the US
Claude McKay Langston Hughes
Music Louis Armstrong Introduced an early form of jazz Jazz – a style of music influenced by Dixieland music and ragtime Blues – soulful style of music that evolved from A.A. spirituals Focused on unfulfilled love, poverty, and oppression
Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong
Politics B/c of the Great Migration A.A. b/c a powerful voting block in the North Most voted Republican 1928 – Oscar DePriest b/c the first A.A. representative in Congress From a Northern state A call for “Negro Nationalism” Negro Nationalism – glorified the black culture and traditions of the past