Download 13.3 and 13.4 Education, Pop Culture, and the

13.3 and 13.4
Education, Pop Culture, and the
Harlem Renaissance
How did culture and attitudes
change in the 1920s?
Famous Figures
Charles Lindbergh:
– First person to fly solo across the Atlantic in
The Spirit of St. Louis, taking 33 hours and
becoming an idol to the nation
Ernest Hemingway:
--Writer and member of the ‘Lost Generation’,
who disliked American culture so much they
lived abroad, usually in Paris
--Hemingway introduced a tough, simple style
of writing that changed American literature
Continued
• F. Scott Fitzgerald:
– Novelist who coined the term “The Jazz Age”
to describe the 1920s
– Wrote This Side of Paradise and The Great
Gatsby, both of which showed the negative
side of the age
The Harlem Renaissance
• The Harlem Renaissance was a literary and
artistic movement that celebrated AfricanAmerican culture and was based in Harlem,
NYC, where many African-Americans moved
during the 1920s
• Racial tensions had increased in Northern cities
during this time, and the NAACP (National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People) worked to end the violence
New Figures and Viewpoints
• W.E.B. Du Bois led a peaceful protest
against racial violence
• Marcus Garvey voiced a message of pride
that appealed to many African Americans;
he controversially thought they should
build a separate society and return to
Africa (or the “Back to Africa” movement)
to set up an independent nation
Key Figures
– Zora Neale Hurston was the most famous female
writer in the Harlem Renaissance
• She collected the folklore of Southern blacks, and wrote
novels, short stories, and poems
--Louis Armstrong, a trumpet player and improviser, and
Duke Ellington, a jazz pianist and composer, were
some of the most famous musicians to play jazz, a
blend of New Orleans ragtime and blues music that
became popular during this time
--Bessie Smith was one of the most outstanding singers
during this era as well