Skyscrapers In The 1920s

In the 1920s there was so much going on along with many things to explore. You have the creation of the Model T which was the car for the common man, giving people more freedom than before and the chance to travel. There were electric lights which became so common for people to use, people fell in love with the lights and used them for a different variety of things . The radio came about giving people a chance to know about important things going on in the world without actually having to be present during the events. People didn’t have to leave the house but would know what was going on at the exact time. The creation of skyscrapers giving these cities something special about their parts of town, also giving something significant about the
Women got a chance to have a say so also, the banning of alcohol which all didn’t like but around this time everyone seemed included in what was going on .It seemed as if in the 1920s great things were happening and it really seemed as if life was going great for everybody. Everyone but those of a different colored skin than everybody else, the African Americans. In the 1920s African Americans had some high points but the lower parts outweighed all. A half million slaves headed North viewing it as a promise land for blacks. Even though the North didn’t have the segregation laws enforced there was still racism all over. There was a point called the Red Summer, time period filled with African American vs. White riots there were so many in one time period it has a special spot in history. People didn’t want to hear the truth about what was going on in any situation, they were afraid that if anything came out different from the story they actually wanted to hear then it would cause tension. Anything that had any possible truth to it for sake of the black man was basically hid or either ignored. Giving no hope nor faith for the blacks in the “ Roaring 1920s” was a behind the scenes issue. Overall the Roaring 1920s was filled with new inventions and became a new start for people, but behind the new inventions and the new start for others things weren’t as great for the people with a
With being arrested the following day there was an investigation started. Surrounding the courthouse were black and white armed mobs. The first shot was fired and from then there was a huge altercation leading to several other shots making this a bloody historical moment with all of the things going on. Tulsa was then looted and destroyed by the fellow white people and anyone who belonged or lived in tulsa that was African American was imprisoned. Relating to the Clash of Values in the 1920s white people made assumptions without wanting to hear the truth, knowing the truth in this situation could have saved lives but they knew listening to the story that could possibly have had the truth in it and it could have went against anything they had towards African Americans . Ever felt as if rights have been snatched and the dignity that belongs to one has been taken. Those referred to in the Poem If we must Die the poem stated that they would rather die with dignity rather than being embarrassed and humiliated. Stripped from their clothing having to stand there in front of a whole bunch of people who don’t care about them and don’t like them. Treated as if they were animals and as if they weren't import to anyone,