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John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Emphasized the importance of workers and improved conditions to avoid unionization.

Walter White

Civil Rights leader who highlighted disadvantages for Black people in labor unions.

New Negro

Concept by Walter White addressing racial segregation and ignorance for economic gain.

Samuel Gompers

Labor leader who fought for workers' rights and believed in fair treatment and representation.

Robert and Helen Lynd

Socialists who studied changes in American culture due to industrialization.

Consumerism

Concept where credit availability shaped people's identities as consumers driving the economy.

Elyse Johnson McDougald

Activist focusing on racial injustice and women's rights during the Harlem Renaissance.

Rosewood Florida Race Riot

Conflicting perspectives between whites justifying violence and Blacks seeking protection.

Mordecai Johnson

Pastor advocating for African American rights and reflecting on post-WWI disillusionment.

Langston Hughes

Poet who questioned racial inequality and described the complex relationship with the South.

Marcus Garvey

Pan-African leader promoting Black nationalism and the establishment of an independent African nation.

A. Phillip Randolph

Labor leader opposing Garvey, advocating for union participation and political engagement.

It movie

1927 film that symbolized the Roaring Twenties and showcased women's empowerment.

Marjorie Wells

Advocated for large families, believing birth control suggested smaller families were preferable.

Margaret Sanger

Key figure in the birth control movement, advocating for women's reproductive rights and autonomy.

William Shepherd

Reported on the era’s spiritual curiosity, highlighting a disconnect between people and the church.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Critiqued the church's inability to address modern ethical issues and moral loyalty.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Prominent pastor advocating for a reinterpretation of Christian beliefs in light of modernity.

Clarence MacCartney

Conservative theologian arguing for the defense of traditional Christian doctrines.

Walter Lipman

Commentator discussing the lack of purpose among those who lost religious faith.

Editors of The Forum

Argued that science and religion are fundamentally opposed in their views of life.

H.L. Mencken

Reporter from the Scopes Trial, highlighting the conflict between reason and ignorance.

William Jennings Bryan

Advocate for Christian fundamentalism during the Scopes Trial, opposing evolution.

Clarence Darrow

Defense attorney in the Scopes Trial who advocated for teaching evolution.