Negative Effects Of The 1920s

The 1920s were considered the decade of extraordinary social and political change. People who had once taken residence in the country and lived as farmers migrated to the cities for job opportunities and many more things. While the decade symbolized an era of affluence, leisure, and inventions in the medical and technological fields, no one can or should deny that the 1920s hosted a dark side which is a stain on the great 1920s image. The 1920s was trapped in a wave of racial violence, and injustice. But despite that detail, the 1920s was an overall positive era that improved the lives of many throughout this country and the world. Inventions, resurgence of black pride, and the creation of new forms of entertainment, such as movies and music

The Harlem Renaissance helped the African-American community to develop their own identities from being former slaves, and a former group of oppressed people into men and women who were equal to their white counterparts. The rebirth of black culture changed the way the world saw blacks in general, before they were seen as savages and lesser men, unequal of a shred of respect, and always criminalized but thanks to the Harlem Renaissance many people had their perspectives shifted. African-Americans were seen as people with class, power, even though the majority were poor, cultured. One could argue despite the Harlem Renaissance, there were race riots against the colored people, which is absolutely true. Lynchings of blacks, segregation, and many more things were still prevalent in the 1920s, but the Harlem Renaissance helped the African-American community by making the white americans see that not every black man is a malefactor of some