PROMISES POSTPONED

Objective… Describe how women

continued to struggle for equality.

The Suffragettes

The19th Amendment…

Feminism in Transition47) How did women’s work change in the

1920s and what were the gains and losses?

48) The Sheppard-Towner Act… What happened to it and why?

PROMISES POSTPONED Objective… Identify and explain the significance of

the Harlem Renaissance.

The Harlem RenaissanceHarlem in the 1920s

• Relates to the “Great Migration”…

• Harlem 1920-30: - 120,000 new arrivals… 25% from the

Caribbean- Total pop. of 200,000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idqeiACqn4

Harlem in the 1920s

Poverty…- Poor housing, overcrowded, costly rent- Low end wage earners- Sanitation problems…Disease- High death rates

A cultural center…- Large #s of middle class - Churches- Black owned businesses- Harlem attracts: artists, musicians, writers

“nothing can go farther to destroy race prejudice than the recognition of the Negro as a creator and contributor to American civilization” – James Weldon Johnson

51) What was the “New Negro”?...African Americans (AA) showcase and celebrate their culture heritage. AA culture defined by the writers, musicians, artists and poets of the Harlem Renaissance. …Black pride emphasizing cultural independence.

53) What was the political side to the “New Negro?”…

WW I veterans are angry about their treatment following the war. Harlem becomes a center for Black political activism

Marcus GarveyFounder of the Universal Negro Improvement

Association (UNIA)

Beliefs, goals & tactics…

Organized a movement stressing black unity & inter-dependence…• Blacks support black business• Sponsored parades & rallies… PRIDE!

The “New Negro”54) The significance of Marcus Garvey

& the UNIA…

“ In a world where black is despised, he taught them that black is beautiful. He taught them to admire and praise black things and black people.” - Amsterdam Newspaper

W.E.B. Du Bois• Organization: NAACP• The mission of the NAACP…

• An African-American civil rights organization

• Mission: “to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”.

The Harlem Renaissance

Objective… Summarize the cultural

significance of the Harlem Renaissance?…

The Harlem Renaissance Entertainment

What was the white connection to Harlem?...

The Harlem Renaissance Cab Calloway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb2w2m1JmCY&feature=related

Duke Ellington

The Harlem Renaissance

Louis Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mq4UT4VnbE&feature=related

What is the significanceof the Harlem Renaissance?…

Objective…• Identify the issues and the

outcome of the1928 election.

Herbert Hoover v.

Al Smith

AL Smith• NY – Democrat• Catholic• Self made man• Gov. of NY• “Wet”

• Iowa – Republican• Quaker• Self made man• WWI Food Relief Admin.• Sec. of Comm. • “Dry”

Herbert Hoover

The Election of 1928

55) The results of the election of 1928? What did it reveal about American society?…

The 1928 Election• Catholicism and the 1928 election…

• The irony of the 1928 election…

Take the 1920s test!

Have mercy… not the 20s test!