1924

The abduction and murder of Bobby Franks broke the Chicago newspapers on May 23, 1924. Two days pervious to this, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold were responsible for the crime. It quickly became known as “the crime of the century” and retained that dubious designation throughout the seventy-five years left in that spectacularly violent time span.1 This case was viewed upon so drastically because it was just so different from any others during this time. It was relatively unheard of, for men of…

It can be undoubtedly argued that scientific racialists were pioneers in any and all practices of defining race. Through their observations and theories of race they provided those of “higher superiority” the belief that they were dominant over those incapable of surviving. Charles Darwin a scientific racialist emphasized the capability of survival amongst races. Additionally Darwin in his research recognized evident contrasts between races writing “ There is, however, no doubt that the various…

Alie Teitz Mrs. Brochu American Studies F/G 5 February, 2016 Bassed on a True Story Ever since the 4th century, music has been at the root of almost all cultures. It began with the chants of the Gregorian Monks, which were monophonic, meaning there was no harmony or accompaniment. These were choral pieces used strictly for religious services. As music spread throughout the world, polyphonic sounds, which were more complex intertwining melodies and background parts, were developed, and new…

The New Negro Movement “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” (George Bernard Shaw). Change is a powerful thing. The Harlem Renaissance had a major impact on the Civil Rights Movement. The Harlem Renaissance was an African-American cultural movement that began after World War I, in the early 1920s. It was centered in Harlem, New York. It was led by African-American activists, writers, poetics and athletes. The Harlem Renaissance…

to enforce and ensure that the laws were being followed. Calvin Coolidge upheld the Immigration Act of 1924. This was an…

Sherlock, Jr (1924) and The Immigrant (1917) are two silent films that share a ground of similarities and differences when their genre, plot, theme, and cinematography are in view. Sherlock Jr, directed, produced, and acted by Buster Keaton, identifies with its audience through a paralleling story telling method, where the reality and the protagonist’s dream it combines to tell a wishful detective story with a romantic twist (Schenck & Keaton, 1924). In The Immigrant, we see Charles Chaplin…

Alabam, then at the Roseland Ballroom, and quickly became known as the best African-American band in New York. In the 1920s, he did not do very many band arrangements. By late 1923 and into 1924, the arrangements by Don Redman were featuring more solo work, but when Louis Armstrong joined his orchestra in 1924 (for only a year), Henderson realized there could be a much richer potential for jazz band orchestration. Even though Armstong only played in the band for a year, he greatly influenced the…

and was raised and educated primarily in Poland. Conrad wrote short stories and novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent, which combine his interest in moral conflict and the dark side of human nature. He died in England on August 3, 1924. His parents Apollo and Evelina Korzeniowski were members of the Polish noble class. His parents were also Polish patriots who conspired against oppressive Russian rule they belonged to a group called the szlachta, which was a hereditary social…

The Secret Life of Bees is set in a time zone. It’s set in 1924 in South Carolina. A lot of things happened in 1924, one of them is the Racial Integrity Act. No one likes black people in this book. I will prove it to you: So Rosaleen is Lily’s maid, she is black. Rosaleen was in jail because she spit at a group of white people while trying to get in to vote. On the way to jail, there was a green pickup that was following them and every time that they got close to the police car, they’d honk the…

ruled by a number of liberal and conservative governments as well as a brief renewed period of Spanish rule between 1861 and 1865. Over time the country gradually became incorporated into the US sphere of influence who occupied the country from 1916 to 1924. From 1930 to 1961 the Dominican Republic was under the rule of the brutal, US-backed dictator Rafael Trujillo, who was assassinated in 1961, prompted a period of instability in which in 1963 the popularly elected leftist President Juan Bosch…