The 1920s was a decade of significant change in American society. Imagine you are a reporter for TIME Magazine, and your editor-in-chief, (your history teacher), has formed a group to begin work on the “Decade in Review” issue of the magazine that will be released in late December 1929. Each reporter must submit one article which will be published in the magazine.
Assignment: For this project, you will be conducting research and developing a magazine article that reviews one of the most significant advancements, people, and events of the decade. You and your group will work in collaboration to create a magazine...
The Harlem Renaissance was a time of explosive cultural and intellectual growth in the African-American community. During this time in the 1920s and 30s, we saw not only the birth of jazz, but we also heard the voices of the African-American authors and philosophers who were taken seriously by their white contemporaries for the first time in history.
Guest Curator and nationally renowned author Wil Haygood talks about the Harlem Renaissance and the I, Too, Sing America exhibition at Columbus Museum of Art. On view October 19, 2018 - January 20, 2019 at Columbus Museum of Art. Wil Haygood is a Washington Post writer and author of several books, including “Two on the River,” “King of Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.,” and “The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story.” Haygood has received numerous awards, including the Sunday Magazine Editors Award, the New England
Associated Press Award, and the National Association of Black Journalists Award for Foreign Reporting.
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For Primary Sources check out the The Time Magazine Vault of Past Issues: Browse the 1920's issues
Eyewitnesstohistory.com is a website with primary source excerpts for all different time periods in history.
For Primary Sources check out the The Time Magazine Vault of Past Issues: Browse the 1920's issues
THIS VOLUME OFFERS PRIMARY SOURCES from the Book The ROARING TWENTIES
