The 1920s were an exciting and fascinating time in American history filled with art, music, new idea and inventions, and much more. During this time, America seemed to break into a more modern era. The old Victorian style was transformed into this vibrant and lively America. It was a time of new behaviors, new attitudes, … Read more
Between the 1920s to the mid 1930s, the Harlem Renaissance was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity. For the first time African American lives were seizing their first chance as a group to express themselves and get a positive response. Harlem, New York was the center of this … Read more
Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot. Starting off in a racist Texas Bessie worked as a laundress after she dropped out of college. At the age of twenty three she decide to move in in with her brother in Chicago to find a better life. After hearing stories of World War I … Read more
Langston Hughes The period of the Harlem Renaissance was a time of great change and exploration for African Americans . It was during this point in the early twentieth century that African Americans were exploring their cultural and social roots. With the rapid expansion of a cohesive black community in the area, it was only … Read more