(1).
The 1920s was a very important cultural reshaping and redefining era for early America. Many different influential subjects would come to light such as the jazz age while some other not so great things such as prohibition would come to light as well. An example of a very important event that happened in the early 1920s was the Harlem Renaissance. This was a cultural and artistic movement that took place during the time period and was named after the place it was located in, Harlem New York.
The Harlem Renascence was important because it allowed for the creation of many new modern cultural advances for African Americans and brought in a new era of artistry and identity for them. It pushed froward a new era of literature which helped advance black culture as a whole by introducing novels and poems which greatly contributed to it. It was also able to advance the era of jazz by helping introduce a whole bunch of famous musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
(2). During 1993, the Prohibition era ended as a result of public outcry and demand for alcohol to be made legal again. This was in many way a good thing as making it legal again sparked many new opportunities for government and stores alike to take advantage of the new opportunity and create profit off of them. This did also lead to new forms of government being put into place such as the regulation and taxation of alcohol which were aimed to keep the distribution and use of alcohol to a fair and safe level.
Billie Holiday was a famous musician at the time who was known for her contributions to jazz at the time. However, she was also struggling with substance abuse during the time which lead to an addiction to alcohol at the time. This would eventually lead to her struggle of addiction being the target example for the government and was used as a motivator to combat the governments efforts to reduce drug and narcotics use. Holiday was specifically targeted as her race and connections with African American communities caused her to become a prime target for the War on drugs campaign. Because of this, she was viewed as a threat and negative influence against their cause which would eventually lead to her arrest for her possessions of narcotics. This would lead to increase of worry about drug use and would not only affect Holidays career, but would shape how African Americans were disproportionately targeted by drug use laws when compared to any other race later down the line.
(3).
This was a supreme court case in 1927 in in where the Buck V Bell case was upheld in Virginia which allowed for the frankly horrifying act to deem individuals unfit to reproduce. Started with Carrie Buck, a woman who was deemed to have been unintelligent and subsequently sterilized. Even though it was challenged by Dr. Jhon Hedren Bell, It was ultimately decided by Wendell Holmes Jr. that they were all in favor of sterilization. Holmes than famously declared that "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" suggesting that ion his own eyes, he likely saw newer generation as unintelligent which is likely why he was fine with passing the law. The decision was aimed to improve the genetics of future generations and was an effort to create smarter and stronger people. This ruling however would lead to many of hundreds of forced sterilization and was not only seen as legal, but encouraged the racial inequalities of the eugenics movement.
The 1920s was a very important cultural reshaping and redefining era for early America. Many different influential subjects would come to light such as the jazz age while some other not so great things such as prohibition would come to light as well. An example of a very important event that happened in the early 1920s was the Harlem Renaissance. This was a cultural and artistic movement that took place during the time period and was named after the place it was located in, Harlem New York.
The Harlem Renascence was important because it allowed for the creation of many new modern cultural advances for African Americans and brought in a new era of artistry and identity for them. It pushed froward a new era of literature which helped advance black culture as a whole by introducing novels and poems which greatly contributed to it. It was also able to advance the era of jazz by helping introduce a whole bunch of famous musicians such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
(2). During 1993, the Prohibition era ended as a result of public outcry and demand for alcohol to be made legal again. This was in many way a good thing as making it legal again sparked many new opportunities for government and stores alike to take advantage of the new opportunity and create profit off of them. This did also lead to new forms of government being put into place such as the regulation and taxation of alcohol which were aimed to keep the distribution and use of alcohol to a fair and safe level.
Billie Holiday was a famous musician at the time who was known for her contributions to jazz at the time. However, she was also struggling with substance abuse during the time which lead to an addiction to alcohol at the time. This would eventually lead to her struggle of addiction being the target example for the government and was used as a motivator to combat the governments efforts to reduce drug and narcotics use. Holiday was specifically targeted as her race and connections with African American communities caused her to become a prime target for the War on drugs campaign. Because of this, she was viewed as a threat and negative influence against their cause which would eventually lead to her arrest for her possessions of narcotics. This would lead to increase of worry about drug use and would not only affect Holidays career, but would shape how African Americans were disproportionately targeted by drug use laws when compared to any other race later down the line.
(3).
This was a supreme court case in 1927 in in where the Buck V Bell case was upheld in Virginia which allowed for the frankly horrifying act to deem individuals unfit to reproduce. Started with Carrie Buck, a woman who was deemed to have been unintelligent and subsequently sterilized. Even though it was challenged by Dr. Jhon Hedren Bell, It was ultimately decided by Wendell Holmes Jr. that they were all in favor of sterilization. Holmes than famously declared that "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" suggesting that ion his own eyes, he likely saw newer generation as unintelligent which is likely why he was fine with passing the law. The decision was aimed to improve the genetics of future generations and was an effort to create smarter and stronger people. This ruling however would lead to many of hundreds of forced sterilization and was not only seen as legal, but encouraged the racial inequalities of the eugenics movement.