Jazz

• Jazz (Roaring 20s)

  Originated from the Deep South

  It developed from African - American musicians

  It is high-tempo

  In the 1920s jazz music became more popular outside of the south.
• Negatives of Jazz

  Some older people connected jazz with smoking and alcohol.

  Many US citizens held racist views. They hated Jazz because of its association with the culture of African-Americans and the integration of races.
• Positives of Jazz

  Many Jazz musicians were African-American - they became famous

  Jazz was played on radios and in films
• The Black Renaissance

  African Americans began to flourish

  Poets, writers, artists and musicians collected in thr neighbourhood of harem + made it thr centre of creativity, black culture and pride
• The Black Renaissance

  1910 : NAACP worked hard to improve the rights of African Americans such as campaigning for the right to vote
• The Black Renaissance

  White customers were attracted by the excitement and liveliness of the new nightclubs + jazz bars
• Jazz improved individuality