The pressure Oscar Hammerstein II has to face is conceivable when writing the first interracial film. Segregation is still a factor during 1936‚ therefore‚ a interracial film is considered a risky step to take. The film commences with the presentation of the ShowBoat‚ large crowds are gathered and seek the arrival of the boat. Marching bands are prepared to play a song in its honor and reporters are eagerly trying to know more of the project. Shortly the audience is presented to Joe‚ Queenie‚
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The 1930s provided women with more opportunities for women in education and work. Women graduated high school at a slightly higher rate than men did. Female high school graduates increased 20% throughout the 1930s; double than that of the 1920s. However‚ more men continued to graduate college than women (7%); there were less female college graduates in the 1930s than in the 1920s. Even though not as many women were getting college diplomas‚ businesses were hiring twice as many women than men. According
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was not wrong for a state to use discriminatory seating practices on public transportation and that each state may require segregation on public transportation. It sustained the transportation law that ordered separate but equal transportation facilities for blacks and whites. The Supreme Court went on to make several other significant decisions sanctioning racial segregation in other circumstances and in other places. The Supreme
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Women of the 1930s 22/09/12 Of mice and men topic Back in the 1930 women were known as second class citizens. They didn’t have the same rights that men had. Doing any other job than being a house wife was really frowned upon. Men would go out and work for the money whilst women would look after the children and clean the home. Also during this time women had to cover up their legs and arms as men could get the wrong
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HIST104: Abortion in the 1930s. The economic situation during the 1930s drove some potential mothers to undergo illegal abortions. Opinions on this issue differed‚ as illustrated by these three documents. Doris Gordon‚ in her newspaper report Evil of Abortion’‚ argues that it is a woman’s duty to reproduce. She feels that the increase in illegal abortions has been contributed to by the advertising of contraceptives‚ high wages for women and lack of supervision of children by parents who
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policy of appeasement is one in which both Britain and France and many other nations took towards Nazi Germany and its expansionist aims during the late 1930s‚ it is one of the most controversial and criticized foreign policies in history (Gelernter D 2002:22). This paper argues that the appeasement policy was for most nations around the world in the 1930s a less challenging way to deal with the problem of Hitler. Nowadays it is a common view that if Britain and France would have taken a harder line against
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equality and challenge the unjust authorities (King‚ Martin Luther‚ Jr. 9). MLK suggested that the best way to end with segregation was under nonviolent protests. Government was holding a ironic position by proclaiming segregation as unconstitutional but allowing other states to practice it (Parel‚ “Civil Disobedience”). As an activist against segregation‚ King wanted to culminate segregation in every corner of the country; which was a problem that was generating unemployment (“Martin Luther King‚ Jr.”)
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The Prohibition Era was a period during the 1920’s when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. This era full of oppression influenced many trends‚ examples being: jazz music and dance. Jazz music originated mainly in New Orleans‚ and is a blend of African and European music. And even though older generations considered the music corrupt and threatening to old cultural values‚ this music and dance style became very well known. Throughout
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What did Communist philosophy look like in the 1930’s in the United States (US)? Communism was looked down upon by Americans. In Hollywood‚ a group of “Anti-Communists” created an association against the philosophy called the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The committee was designed to investigate those who were believed to be communists‚ normally film stars‚ according to their unfaithfulness towards answering certain questions during an inspection. Who was in charge of the
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How did the events of the 1930’s impact African Americans prospects? Charlie Wilson The 1930’s was a time of great struggle in the USA. The New York stock market crashed in 1929 and triggered a spiral of economic depression‚ which hit African Americans hard. The Great Depression had a huge impact on African Americans. The Great Depression of the 1930s was catastrophic for all workers. But as usual‚ African Americans suffered worse‚ pushed out of unskilled jobs previously scorned by whites before
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