Education – Popular CultureCHAPTER 13

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Education 1914 = 1 million Americans attended school

1926 = 4 million Americans attended school◦ Immigrants - challenge

Educated students in vocational training◦ Industrial jobs

Multimedia Newspaper circulation rose

◦ Sensational stories – tabloids

Mass-circulation = magazines◦ Readers Digest◦ Time

Radio = Most powerful communication◦ Hearing news as it happened

Baseball Americans - Spending money on entertainment

◦ Baseball = Babe RuthBabe Ruth

◦ Yankees◦ “House that Ruth Built”

Heroes

Charles A. LindberghCharles A. Lindbergh◦ 1st non-stop flight across

Atlantic◦ May 20, 1927◦ “Spirit of St. Louis”◦ 33 hours and 29 minutes◦ $25,000 prize

Entertainment First movie with sound

◦ The Jazz Singer – 1927

First animated film with sound◦ Walt Disney’s = Steamboat Willie -

1928◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0e4WjL7G0

F. Scott Fitzgerald◦ Coined the term “Jazz Age”

◦ A new sound◦ Great Gatsby

African Americans began to voice pride in their heritage

◦ Richness in culture

Harlem RenaissanceCHAPTER 13

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African Americans Great Migration

◦ Move North - Employment◦ 40% lived in cities

NAACP◦ Protest racial violence◦ Fought legislation to protect rights◦ New more militant voice of African Americans

Harlem Renaissance Harlem

◦ Neighborhood on the Upper West Side of New York’s = Manhattan Island

◦ Worlds largest black urban community

Harlem RenaissanceHarlem Renaissance◦ Literary and artistic movement celebrating African-

American culture◦ Led by educated / middle class African Americans◦ Resist prejudice / discrimination

Literature Langston Hughes

◦ Movement’s best known poet◦ Described difficult lives of working-class◦ Some moved to the tempo of Jazz and the blues

◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cKDOGhghMU

Jazz Originated = New Orleans

Blended instrumental ragtime / vocal blues

Louis Armstrong◦ Trumpet player◦ Most important / influential

musician in history of jazz◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iJdXWY7JRo

Musicians “Duke” Ellington”

◦ Jazz pianist◦ Composer

◦ 10-piece orchestra◦ One of America’s greatest

composers◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPVlxa2kgjg

Bessie Smith◦ Female Blues singer◦ Outstanding vocalist of the

decade◦ Highest paid African American

artist◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNWs0LsimFs

Jazz Music – 1920’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgcJyZA-rrE\

Artists Jungle Nights in Harlem

◦ Duke Ellington

Deadman Blues◦ Jelly Roll Morton

Charleston◦ James P. Johnson◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJWdUFzL0Y

West End Blues, What a Wonderful World

◦ Louis Armstrong

St. Louis Blues◦ Bessie Smith

St. Louis Blues◦ W.C. Handy