Roaring Twenties

Tulsa Race Massacre

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street In much of the country, the years following World War I saw a spike in racial tensions, including the resurgence of the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan, numerous lynchings and other acts of racially motivated violence, as well as efforts by African Americans to prevent such attacks on their […]

Flappers

Women’s Independence Multiple factors—political, cultural and technological—led to the rise of the flappers. During World War I, women entered the workforce in large numbers, receiving higher wages that many working women were not inclined to give up during peacetime. In August 1920, women’s independence took another step forward with the passage of the 19th Amendment, […]

Scopes Trial

Butler Act The theory of evolution, as developed by Charles Darwin and others, was a controversial concept in many quarters, even into the 20th century. Concerted anti‑evolutionist efforts in Tennessee succeeded when in 1925, the Tennessee House of Representatives was offered a bill by John W. Butler that made teaching evolution a misdemeanor. The so‑called […]

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jazz Age author F. Scott Fitzgerald was quintessentially American. Learn about his upbringing, “The Great Gatsby,” and his untimely death in this video.

Teapot Dome Scandal

Warren Harding’s presidency was rocked by scandal, including one that didn’t come to light until after he left office.

This Day In History: 08/23/1927 – Sacco and Vanzetti Executed

How 19th‑Century German Immigrants Revolutionized America’s Beer Industry

‘Beer barons’ like Pabst, Schlitz and Busch forged brewing dynasties with their pale, effervescent lager.

7 Writers of the Harlem Renaissance

These writers were part of the larger cultural movement centered in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and offered complex portraits of Black life in America.

The Tulsa Race Massacre: Facts About the Attack

The Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma had flourished as a neighborhood built by Black people, for Black people. In 1921 it was destroyed by a white mob. Get the facts on the attack and subsequent coverup.