1920s
During the 1920s (often referred to as the Roaring Twenties), a surging economy in the United States created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.
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After enduring dark times, Americans were eager for a comeback.
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 destroyed Black Wall Street in Greenwood, Tulsa.
During Prohibition, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily.
Young women with short hairstyles, cigarettes dangling from their painted lips, dancing to a live jazz band, explored new-found freedoms.
How Prohibition Created the Mafia
How Prohibition Created the Mafia
Starting in January 1920, the United States became a dry country. Prohibition banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in an attempt to civilize unruly Americans (and some other reasons). The experiment had many unintended consequences, but most dangerously, it fostered the rise of organized crime and the American Mafia.
3 Artistic Movements of the 1920s
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Look back at America’s surprising reaction to the end of Prohibition.
The Prohibition Era began in 1920 when the 18th Amendment outlawed liquor sales per the Volstead Act, but in 1932 the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition.
Young women with short hairstyles, cigarettes dangling from their painted lips, dancing to a live jazz band, explored new-found freedoms.
A burst of prosperity and freedom during the Prohibition era.
Flappers were young, independent American women who became a cultural force in the 1920s as they challenged barriers to economic, political and sexual freedom.
Not even Albert Einstein passed the Edison test.
Historic images of Tulsa's Greenwood district reveal how the 1921 mob attack devastated the nation's Black cultural and economic mecca.
It wasn’t gasoline—but moonshine—that fueled the growth of stock car racing in Appalachia and led to the rise of NASCAR.
Were airplanes used in the Tulsa Race Massacre? Explore eyewitness accounts, historical evidence and the debate over aerial attacks in 1921.
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 destroyed Black Wall Street in Greenwood, Tulsa.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in U.S. history.
A search for mass graves of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre highlights an event that some had tried to erase from history.
In 1920, bombers dropped 5,000 pounds of TNT on the Susquehanna River to prevent catastrophic flooding.
Black Wall Street Established in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this residential neighborhood known as Greenwood provided an opportunity for Blacks to accumulate wealth and make advancements during a time of racial terror, in this History special, "Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre."
