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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Young women with short hairstyles, cigarettes dangling from their painted lips, dancing to a live jazz band, explored new-found freedoms.
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Flappers were young, independent American women who became a cultural force in the 1920s as they challenged barriers to economic, political and sexual freedom.
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Historic images of Tulsa's Greenwood district reveal how the 1921 mob attack devastated the nation's Black cultural and economic mecca.
