The Roaring 20s

Women’s Rights, Harlem Renaissance, and the Era of Prohibition

This episode explores three pivotal moments of the early 20th century: the fight for women’s suffrage culminating in the 19th Amendment, the cultural explosion of the Harlem Renaissance with figures like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and the societal shift driven by Prohibition and its unintended consequences. Hear about key people, ideas, and events that defined this transformative era in American history.