A very good site on the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal, which ended in the banishing of eight major league players for life from the game of baseball. Also includes great information on the ensuing trial and a link to the manuscript of...

Script of a radio broadcast about Prohibition and Jazz Age America comments on black market bootlegging, jazz music, speakeasies, flappers, and women`s suffrage.

Read about the bizarre ideas of those who believed in the role of eugenics in society. Find out about "bad" heredity and "good" heredity and see the form from the Eugenics Society of America that determined the "fitness" of individual...

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

Primary resources from 1920s period offers a sense of cultural, social, political and economic thought during that time period. Includes notes, questions for discussion, and links to supplemental material.

A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the changing role of women in society. Provides lists of famous women of the 1920s.

A good overview of the popular culture in the Jazz Age. Read about the kinds of entertainment and literature enjoyed by the middle class in the 1920s.

This scholarly article looks into the treatment of race and ethnicity in the 1920s and how they were handled in popular culture. Read about stereotypes of African Americans and immigrants from Asia and southern Europe and find out how...

Provides a summary and list of interesting facts about the famous flappers of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age.

A mass culture developed in America in the 1920s due to several factors. Read about the influence of radio, movies, and spectator sports in the adoption of common speech. Find out about the creativity of the time in literature and music.

Description of Man o' War's career including how he rescued horse racing and became a shining star in the roaring twenties.

This site from PBS details the history of radio and KDKA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) the first radio station to offer programming. Mentions: advertising, NBC Radio, mass culture.

An excerpt from a book describing the baseball relationship between Ty Cobb and Carl Mays. The article details Ty Cobb's baseball career. ( May, 2008)

A comprehensive overview with detailed facts about the history of sports in the 1920s, a time when sporting events were broadcast live across the nation and sports stars were idolized. Provides a list of famous athletes.

Contains a newspaper article about Al Jolson's death.

This site gives a brief biography of one of the greatest band leaders of the twenties.

Although this site is about an exhibition, it does provide additional information about the Harlem Renaissance such as how it celebrated African American culture and what its legacy was.

A brief look at American poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, along with a portrait of her painted by Charles Ellis.

This site from Image Entertainment talks about many of Laurel and Hardy's silent comedies.

This Ibiblio.org Webmuseum site contains information regarding Edward Hopper's life, influences, and links to images of his work.

Find out about this fascinating man in an interview with him by Kira Albin.

A brief discussion about the views toward immigration before and after World War I. It gives the background of the Immigration Act of 1924.

A biography of playwright Eugene O'Neil discusses his life and work. Links to other valuable online information in relation to O'Neill are also given.