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Vintage photos show what life looked like in the 1920s

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Women at a café in Paris, circa 1920.Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesLife in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments.Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look.The Harlem Renaissance brought popularity to art created by Black Americans.The Roaring Twenties — now 100 years ago — looked vastly different than our world today.Coming after a war-torn decade where military efforts redefined women's …See the Story

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Interview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading Life

In an email interview, the historian and biographer shared why it was “time to look closer to home,” and praised the “most honest presidential memoir” yet. SCOTT HELLER What books are on your night stand? David Greenberg, “John Lewis: A Life”; Joshua Green, “The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics”; Martha Hodes, “My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remem…See the Story

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How a Former Slave Became the Rockefeller of New York City’s Oyster Restaurants - The Tablet

New York City had a booming oyster industry, as shown by this scene on Fulton Street in Manhattan. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) JAMAICA — Some biologists estimate that by the mid-1700s, New York Harbor held one-half of Earth’s oysters — a rich environment for one man to build a fortune as New York City’s “Oyster King.” Thomas Downing — a freeman born to formerly enslaved people in Virginia — became one of the city’s wealthiest citizens as the prop…See the Story

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Vintage photos show what life looked like in the 1920s

Interview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading Life

How a Former Slave Became the Rockefeller of New York City’s Oyster Restaurants - The Tablet

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Top Du Bois News

Vintage photos show what life looked like in the 1920s

Interview: David Levering Lewis on ‘The Stained Glass Window’ and His Reading Life

How a Former Slave Became the Rockefeller of New York City’s Oyster Restaurants - The Tablet

Smize On The Prize—6 Black Women Who Continue Richard T. Greener's Harvard Legacy