HIST 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Universal Negro Improvement Association And African Communities League, Josephine Baker, Alain Leroy Locke
21 Oct 2018
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Woodrow wilson the world must be made safe for democracy : woodrow wilson ask for declaration of war on april 2, 1917, the us has a special role to play in shaping international affairs. Culture, mass society, & anti-colonialism in the 1920s and 1930s . New forms of mass culture and entertainment were partially wartime products. Propaganda campaigns mobilized entire populations through public lectures, theatrical productions, musical compositions, and censored newspapers. Postwar mass culture distinctive: differed from elite culture, relied on new technologies, especially radio and lm, to reach the entire population, jazz age. Manifests in art, the way people begin to carry themselves. Re ects the modernists skepticism of war and technology: alain locke. Master of the meeting in manhattan of 100 white and african american writers. Insisted on rights embodied in the ideals of american institutions and democracy. Promoted self-respect and self-reliance with emphasis on racial pride: new negro movement/harlem renaissance.
