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Oct 27, 2009 · A. Philip Randolph was a labor leader and civil rights activist who founded the nation’s first major Black labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) in 1925. In the 1930s, his...
From the day of his arrival in Harlem in 1911, Mr. Randolph had been in the thick of the struggle for freedom for Black Americans. The civil rights revolution, which began in the 1950’s, was a result of his efforts and the work of men like himself.
- Americans leave farms in favor of cities. Thomas Jefferson wrote that the United States was a nation of “yeoman farmers,” but by the 1920s, more Americans lived in cities than on farms for the first time.
- Indoor plumbing and sewer systems became common. Before the 1920s, most Americans were resigned to heading to the outhouse or to using a chamber pot, and washing weekly in a tub filled manually with water.
- The loosening of the corset. After centuries of confining their waists in tight corsets to give the appearance of a small silhouette, American women began finally ditching their corsets in the 1920s.
- The electrification of America. At the beginning of the 1920s, only 35% of American households had electricity. By the end of the decade, that figure would reach a whopping 68%; 85% of Americans living on farms were counted out of the tally.
in the USA. Life improved for the majority, but not all, of Americans. The USA had become a huge industrial nation even before the 1920s. This was because it had large supplies of natural ...
The 1920s were a time of liberation for some women. There were changes to the role of women in the workplace: They were employed in greater numbers and in a wider range of jobs. There was an ...
Jun 17, 2010 · The 1950s was a decade marked by the post- World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States. “America at this moment,” said the former British ...
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