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What is Going on in the World: Socially By Mel Pantano, Jackie Minor, Tam Nguyen

African Americans In Pop CultureIn SportsJesse Owens (track) wins 4 Nazi Olympics gold metals Hitler refuses to shake black athletes handsJoe Louis defeats Max Schmeling and Primo Carnera

Popular AthletesJesse OwensJoe LouisCornelius JohnsonRalph MatcalfeMack Robinson

Events

The Harlem RenaissancePopular AuthorsLangston Huges(poet)Countee Cullen(poet)Jessie Fauset (writer/ editor)

Movement in Harlem where black intellectuals gathered and shared their works with the world

Sports in the 1930sSports Hit Hard TimesElimination of certain college sportsMinor league teams sufferSalary drops Gambling sports almost die outDwindling audiencesSolutionsBaseballs All-Star game was createdRadio broadcast and crowd pleasing attractors addedNCAA tournament was developedFootball allowed the forward pass

Highlights and HeroesBaseball produced some of its finest players of all time, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe DiMaggioDespite the Great Depression, America hosted the 1932 Summer and Winter Olympic GamesIn 1936, Jesse Owens, overcame prejudice at the Nazi Olympics and swept competitionJoe Louis defeated Max Smelting in boxing match that held symbolism of democracy vs. Nazism

Sports Stay AliveFranklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal Helped rebuild baseball and football fields, basketball courts, and tracksRestored horse racing back into a popular eventPopularized winter sportsSetbacksStrikes, labor strive and violence slowed workImmigrants preferred their homelands sports over AmericasWomen and black athletes gain more recognition and acceptance

Popular Fashions, Music, Movies, and Books of the 1930s

Music of the 1930s Jazz Music SwingClassical Music

Louis Armstrong Glen Miller Judy Garland Billie HolidayCountry Show tunes Popular ArtistsPopular Songs'In the Mood' by Glen Miller 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' by Glen Miller and Judy Garland.

Popular Movies of the 1930sModern Times Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonGone with the WindThe Wizard of OzIt Happened One Night

La Grande IllusionPp le MokoThe Public EnemySnow White and the Seven DwarfsHorse FeathersDirectorsCharlie ChaplinFrank CapraVictor FlemingWilliam CottrelDavid HandJames WhaleGeorge StevensDavid Butler

Fashion of the 1930sSport dressing became even more popular in the Thirtieslong, wide-skirted, narrow-waisted, colorful gowns of chiffon and other lightweight materialsReflecting Thirties streamlined design, as well as womens new freedom to wear trouserssport dressingevening gownsafternoon dresseswool suitsAt the end of the decade, there were half as many customers as at the beginning

Popular Novels of the 1930s The Hobbit Gone With the WindThe Grapes of WrathBrave New World RebeccaOf Mice and MenAnd Then There Were NoneLittle House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)Murder on the Orient ExpressThe Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)MadelineThe Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)As I Lay DyingLittle House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)AuthorsJ.R.R. TolkienMargaret MitchellJohn SteinbeckAldous HuxleyDaphne du MaurierJohn SteinbeckAgatha Christie

Recreation & Activities During the 1930sIndoor Activites

Board Games -ex.-Scrabble, Monopoly, etc.Reading -books, magazines, comics, etc.Radio -average family owned radio -War of the Worlds, 1938

Outdoor ActivitiesSports -most inexpensive -professional sports startedParks -playground gamesCamping -national parks

ResultGave rise to professional sportsMany new books, music, moviesPeople created new ways to entertain -ex. Board games, camping, etc.All were somehow influenced by the Great Depression

Works CitedAusk, Erin. "Music." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference (2013): N. Pag. Web. 10 Oct 2013. Carter, Alexandra. "Recreation." The Thirties in America. Ed. Thomas Tandy Lewis. 3 Vols. Salem Press, 2011. Salem History Web. 10 Oct. 2013. Ciment, James. "Arts and Culture." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference (2013): N. Pag. Web. 15 Oct 2013. "Harlem Renaissance." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, Et Al. Vol. 3: 1920-1929. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16 Oct. 2013. This article was taken from an ebook. Mintz, Steven. "The Modern Family." Digital History. N.p., 2006. Web. 14 Oct. 2013Witherspoon, Kevin. "Sports." The Great Depression and New Deal. Sharpe Online Reference (2013): N. Pag. Web. 10 Oct 2013