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National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Divisions: Black & White

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The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Black & White. Even as racial pride advanced in the modern world, racial hatred escalated to new extremes. Here we explore the black-white division through commentary, political cartoons, visual art, and musical drama.

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1920s, 1920s history, 1920s race riots, 1920s racial discrimination, 1920s racial hatred, 1920s racial pride, 1920s racial unrest, 1920s racism, black-white division, black-white relations, 1920s america, national humanities center, postwar america, primary source, racial unrest
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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