The 1920s was a time of big changes in the U.S. It was called the "Roaring Twenties" because of fast growth in cities, new music like jazz, more freedom for women (like flappers), and new technology like cars and radios. But it was also a time of inequality and fear of change. One example is Prohibition, when alcohol was made illegal. After Prohibition ended, the government didn’t stop targeting people, they just moved their focus to drugs. In the podcast Billie Holiday v. the United States, we learn that Billie Holiday was targeted because she sang about racism and drug use in her song “Strange Fruit.” The federal government, especially Harry Anslinger, used drug laws to go after her because she was a strong, Black female voice speaking out (Throughline, NPR). At the same time, the U.S. was becoming more anti-immigrant. People from Eastern Europe were seen as “less American,” which helped the Eugenics movement grow. This movement wrongly believed some people were better than others based on race, ability, or background. In Buck v. Bell (1927), the Supreme Court allowed the forced sterilization of people seen as “unfit” to have children, like Carrie Buck, who was unfairly labeled as mentally disabled. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Three generations of imbeciles are enough,” showing how cruel and wrong this thinking was. These events show how the 1920s had both progress and serious injustice.