Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson),[7] a political figure who rises to prominence...
Nightclub sensation Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones) murders her philandering husband, and Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), is set to defend her. But when Roxie...
When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies', everyone has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic...
Articles, Books, and Websites about the Roaring Twenties
In 1933 Americans did something they had never done before: they voted to repeal an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Eighteenth Amendment, which for...
In the same absorbing style that characterized his bestseller Lost Hollywood, David Wallace presents a the Prohibition-era personalities and events that made New York City...
The article presents a roundtable discussion with Ellen Carol DuBois, Liette Gidlow, Martha S. Jones, Katherine M. Marino, Leila J. Rupp, Lisa Tetrault, and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu on the Nineteenth Amendment, women's suffrage in the U.S., and women's activism.
Master story teller Marc Mappen applies a generational perspective to the gangsters of the Prohibition era—men born in the quarter century span from 1880...
The article presents the discussion on 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. Topics include paying homage to the foremothers and contemporaries paving the way for using the constitutional right; and Black women spurring a new coalition of activists continuing to fight on during the Civil Rights Movement.
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1920, granting women the right to vote. This marked a major milestone in the women's rights movement.
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It celebrated African-American art, music, literature, and intellectualism, giving rise to a new sense of identity and pride within the African-American community.
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect in 1920, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. This era led to the rise of illegal alcohol production and distribution, contributing to the growth of organized crime.
In Dayton, Tennessee, a trial known as the Scopes Monkey Trial took place. It revolved around the teaching of evolution in public schools, pitting traditional religious beliefs against the teaching of scientific theories.