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Gertrude Stein born
Gertrude Stein is born in Allegheny City (Pittsburgh) February 3rd,1874
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John Mercer Langston Hughes is Born February 1st, 1902
John Mercer Langston Hughes is born in Joplin Missouri, February 1st, 1902
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Introduction of Cubisim in Art 1907-1914
Cubisim movement -1907-1914 Artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are the driving forces of a visual arts style that rejects traditional techniques in favor of radically fragmented objects. "Femme en Pleurs" Pablo Picasso, 1937
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"Femme tenant une Mandoline"
A painting by Georges Braques that shows a whole new perspesctive in the form of cubism. -
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Gertrude Stein writes Tender Buttons
Influenced by the Cubisim movement and friend Pablo Picasso, Stein writes the book Tender Buttons. It consists of 3 sections:"Objects","Food" and "Rooms". https://youtu.be/FJEIAGULmPQ
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Harlem Renaisance
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Jazz Age in Harlem Renaissance begins
https://youtu.be/o9Pz1yLDDM8
"Nightlife", 1943, Archibald John Motley Jr.
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"Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
Bessie SmithWritten by Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams in 1919, the song fits the theme of pessimism. -
The 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
National Constitution Center "After one year form the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liqours within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."
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The 19th Amendment
The 19th amendmant guarantees women the right to vote.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Nineteenth-Amendment http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.Md930b8eb6c26abb1e8bf937452c29306o0&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 -
Jazz Musicians in the 1920's / Cotton Club Performers
Different musicians that made up the early jazz movement in the 1920's.
https://youtu.be/4wbNZFS3MDA
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Surrealism Begins
Suerrealism's goal was to express the unconscious mind. It developed a from the artform of Dada and was lead by the artist Andre Breton. This image shows Max Ernst, "The Elephant Celebes". -
Pablo Picaso's " Three Muscians
Although the cubism movement started before 1920, it took off during the early 1920's with the likes of Georges Braque and Pablo Picaso. -
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Formation of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)
The union of the Soviet Socialist Republics .
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Moore v. Dempsey
The Supreme Court ruled that the mob outside the court house during the trial of these twelve men denied them due process and though they were all sentenced to death, they were eventually all freed. -
The Cotton Club Opens
A popular hangout spot for "Whites" only, but featured many African Americans inlcuding Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday and Duke Ellington. Much of the music disrupted audiences expectations. -
President Harding dies
The 'strange' death of Warren G. Harding *Died in the presidential suite at the San Franscisco Palace Hotel
*President was on a 15,000 mile speaking tour
*"a stroke of cerebral apoplexy"-Herbert Hoover
*VP Calvin Coolidge sworn in as president
*Heart attack at age 58
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The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)
*Set immigration quotas for individual countries based on number of foreign nationals living in US in 1890.
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"The Great Gatsby" is written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald writes his classic book on the cross of classes in the Jazz Age.
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" The Weary Blues" is written by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes reciting "the Weary Blues" to blues music.
https://youtu.be/uM7HSOwJw20
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Charles Lindbergh flies the "Spirit of St. Louis" on !st solo transatlantic flight
Aviator Charles Lindbergh makes the 1st solo flight across the Atlantic non-stop direct, from New York to Paris on May 20th 1927 in his plane the "Spirit Of St, Louis"
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/paris.asp
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Duke Ellington Orchestra's "Jubilee Stomp" is released
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Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin
Professor Alexander Fleming discover penicillin. Introducing the modern -age of antibiotics.
https://youtu.be/CIkUtfJ0yYQ
https://sites.google.com/a/mymodtown.com/imported-site/_/rsrc/1411929298276/spotlight-stories-news/Alexander-Flemings-Discovery-of-Penicillin-86-Years-Ago-Today/alexander-fleming1.jpg -
31st President: Herbert Hoover
Biography: 31. Herbert Hoover *stock market crashed and the Great Depression began.
*blamed for economic catastrophe
*encouraged businesses and organizations to refine operations and refused to assert forceful presidential leadership.
*Encouraged private sector to coe to aid and federal government appeared apethitic and weak
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"The Sound and The Fury"
Faulkners "The Sound and The Fury" is published. This book gave four different externalized and internalized voices out of chronological order. -
The Great Depression
Timeline of the Great Depression *stock prices plummet Oct. 24 "Black Thursday"
*stock market crashes Oct. 29 "Black Tuesday"
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Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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Gertrude Stein Dies
Gertrude Stein dies in Neuilly-Su-Seine France , July 27th, 1946 -
"What a Wonderful World"
Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" is released. -
Langston Hughes Dies May 22nd 1967, in New York City
