1920's: Jazz Age Defiance

In the 1920's we see the rise of jazz. Also we have prohibition. Many Gangsters led rings of bootleggers who would bring alcohol into the taverns. Not many people focused on protesting but the ones who did were radicals in this time. The Harlem Renaissance exposed more people to African-American literature and art because it was being taken more seriously. Harlem's cabarets and speakeasies were attended by African-Americans from Harlem and whites from New York. This was a change from the way things were before.