Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 3

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 4

THE AGE OF POLITICS 6

TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL EDITORIAL PROHIBITION EDITORIAL THE SACCO-VANZETTI TRIAL NEWS ARTICLE THE SCOPES TRIAL NEWS ARTICLE

THE AGE OF THE NEW NEGRO 11

RACIAL PREJUDICES POLITICAL CARTOON THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE NEWS ARTICLE

THE AGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS 14

LABOR UNIONS FEATURE STORY THE RED SCARE FEATURE STORY POLITICAL CARTOON WOMEN’S RIGHTS EDITORIAL POLITICAL CARTOON

THE AGE OF CONSUMERISM AND ENTERTAINMENT 20

RADIO AND MOVIES TOP 10 MOVIES AMOS N’ ANDY LET’S PRETEND SPORTS NEWS ARTICLE NEW PRODUCTS ADVERTISEMENTS

Say Goodbye to The Twenties

By: John Jacobs

As we come to the end of a decade, Life has looked back on the 1920’s to appreciate the things we accomplished and discovered during a time that will surely be remembered for ages to come. The 1920’s will forever go down in history as a decade filled with parties, jazz and boundary-breaking new ideas. This decade will be one for the history books. The 1920’s brought around waves of new ideas from prohibition, to the great leaps in transportation, and the new breed of woman. The 1920’s will be forever remembered as a decade full of life and discovery. As we say goodbye to this decade, and say hello to the next, we will surely not forget the roaring 20’s.

Letters to the Editor:

Our Editors: Teddy Garvey, John Jacobs, Kelvin Ross,

Dear Editor,

I read your article last month, and it felt like I was socked right in the kisser. Females have put immense effort into gaining voting rights ever since the Seneca Falls convention in New York. 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments for a reason. Women have long been oppressed by their social statuses as items that can only do well at housework and child-bearing. We’re more than ‘Dumb Doras’, we’re the bees knees and we can be big cheeses and big sixes as well as any dapper Dan! We proved it when the men went off to war, and just because the boys are coming home, we won’t be pushovers and simply dry up. We now know what we are capable of and now that we know we can be big cheeses, why wouldn’t we go out and put on the Ritz?

Sincerely, Mary-Joe

Dear Editor,

I am a Negro Jazz musician and I think you need to pipe down with your beef about Jazz and how it affects my fellow Negroes. When I moved to Harlem to play music I was able to stop being a dewdropper and start being an egg. I have more dough than anyone in my family has ever had, and I’d say that’s a pretty swell thing.

Sincerely, Tom

Dear Editor,

My name is Margarette; I just wanted to say how much I love these new Hallmark cards! They make it easy to say how I feel and are much fancier than a scrap of paper or something that I make in a hurry. I just go to my drugstore and pick however many I need.

Sincerely, Margarette

Dear Editor,

I just got a new telephone and hot dawg! I can talk to anyone I want to now! If I can’t go somewhere I can call and won’t feel bad about making them wait for me. And it’s so easy to use and the operators are always so swell!

Sincerely, Ann

Dear Editor,

I’m an ofay and I have to say that Jazz is the best thing the Negro has ever made. If you have to question whether Jazz is swell or beef, you’ve obviously a goofy bird! Jazz is the bee’s knees and hip to the jive! You should stop being such a high hat and try it sometime!

Sincerely, Randall

Letters to the Editor:

Our Editors: Teddy Garvey, John Jacobs, Kelvin Ross,

Dear Editor,

I just got a new camera that takes pictures, and the great thing is, I can afford it! Before, they were so expensive and now that I have one, I think everyone should. If I go somewhere I can take a picture of it so of I forget I can just look at the picture and remember!

Sincerely, Nancy

Dear Editor, I found the editorial in your last issue about the Teapot Dome Scandal very moving. I believe that as the leader of the United States, our president has responsibilities to the people; most importantly, honesty and integrity as a leader. Our president should only appoint individuals to government roles if they are upstanding, trustworthy citizens. It is important that we hold our nation’s leaders to these standards as they represent our country worldwide.

Sincerely, John Smith

Dear Editor,

I greatly appreciate the ideas brought forth in the Teapot Dome Scandal article in the previous issue. As United States citizens, I believe it is important that we hold our leaders accountable for their actions. Thank you for bringing this issue to light and showing the American public how important it is that we hold the expectation that our president and other government leaders will lead with the highest level of honesty and trust.

Sincerely, Robert

Dear Editor,

I’m glad to hear another educated man share my opinion! Dames are taking on far too much for their own good! My wife of 30 years has trouble dealing with all of her duties as a mother and keeper of the house for years; I can’t imagine how she could possibly handle managing a job and managing the dough. Working and managing dough is a man’s job, and dames are far too fragile and naïve to understand that. I think once they realize how difficult it is to be a big cheese and keep house they will realize what a mistake they have made! Hopefully this flapper mentality will blow and dry up soon!

Sincerely, Geoffery

Dear Editor,

I went to lunch the other day with my girls at a swanky place and had a new drink called Coca-Cola. It was an odd name but it was a ducky drink. I ended up having about 3 glasses!

Sincerely, Mary

THE AGE OF

POLITICS

Editorial

Giving Away Both American Oil and Trust By: Teddy Garvey

Secretary of Interior Albert Fall was convicted of leasing the Navy’s private oil reserves to private investors under the knowledge of President Harding. Knowing that a big cheese like Mr. Fall was betraying the American people by selling reserved oil for his own profit was beef enough, but knowing that President Harding was in on the scam was total caper to the American people.

Mr. Fall has been found guilty of bribery, fined $100,000, and sentenced to one year in prison, his associates, Harry Sinclair and Edward Doheny have also faced lesser charges. Sinclair has been found guilty of contempt and has received a short sentence for tampering with the jury, while Doheny has not yet been convicted, but is facing charges of attempting to bribe Fall. President Harding has received no

criminal charges for his involvement in the scandal.

Some pills are spreading static that while, Fall, Sinclair, and Doheny deserve their punishment because they committed capers against the American public, President Harding does not deserve any punishment because even though he knew about the private leasing, he did not directly commit the capers.

We at Life Magazine strongly believe that that idea is absolute piffle. If someone knew that someone was about to be taken for a ride and didn’t tell anyone, would we still say that the person wasn’t guilty of the caper because he didn’t put the shiv in the heart himself? Absolutely not! The person who knew about the murder would receive punishment because they knew the caper was going to be committed and didn’t do

anything about it or try to stop it.

Although that example is extreme, the same principle applies to Harding with his knowledge of the scandal and lack of any action against it. Harding is a criminal and should be charged with the capers just as the other saps.

Left  to  right:  Albert  B.  Fall,  Harry  Sinclair  

Photo  of  President  Harding  

Editorial

Giggle Water Ain’t Funny By: Benny Jones

Around ten years ago in 1919, the 18th amendment was passed that prohibited the

sale, production, and transportation of giggle water. Dames complaining about their husbands tearing their families apart brought this issue to the government’s attention. This amendment did not go well with the American people. It may have caused the consumption to go down, but capers and smuggling giggle water became a major problem. This amendment should have never been passed, due to the chaos and crime it created.

Social reforms groups that were against giggle water mainly consisted of middle class birds. They wanted to stop their husbands from being silly and becoming violent in their household. By these social reform groups pushing to stop booze, politicians soon supported the concept. This led to the passing of the 18th amendment in 1919.

Banning booze in America did not stop the distribution at all. Prohibition led to bootleggers, moonshiners, stealing of government supplies, speakeasies. These were all examples of how people obtained giggle water, whether it was smuggling from another country or making their own. This obviously caused crime and trouble for law enforcement to handle. Eventually there was so much distribution of booze, there was no way law enforcement could prevent it.

With law enforcement not much of help, over 80% of the nation supported repealing the 18th amendment. Gangs could even bribe officers to not report them for selling alcohol. With much crime and corruption, the amendment was repealed.

News  Article  

The  Sacco  and  Vanzetti  Trial  By:  Benny  Jones    

 

Approximately  nine  years  ago  the  Sacco  

and  Vanzetti  Trial  was  held  about  a  robbery  that  

occurred  in  which  a  paymaster  and  guard  had  

been  killed.  Sacco  and  Vanzetti,  two  Italian  

immigrants,  were  charged  with  the  murder  after  

attending  protests  against  the  Palmer  Raids.  They  

were  both  carrying  heat  when  they  were  arrested.  

The  case  was  very  weak  and  had  little  to  no  evidence.    

 

Police  first  had  interest  in  Sacco  and  Vanzetti  when  they  got  in  a  car  that  they  

believed  was  the  getaway  car  used  in  the  robbery.  They  were  carrying  pistols  at  the  

time  of  their  arrest.  From  there,  there  were  

two  trials  that  convicted  they  with  the  

murders.  People  believe  this  trial  was  not  

fair  at  all.  The  prosecution  was  weak,  but  

the  main  reason  for  their  conviction  was  

because  they  were  anarchists.  People  

already  hated  them  and  wanted  them  dead  

regardless  if  they  were  innocent  or  guilty.  

The  judge  and  jurors  referred  to  them  as  

“anarchist  bastards”,  which  gives  evidence  

of  their  unfair  trial.  Whether  they  did  the  crime  or  not,  people  today  think  that  their  

rights  were  violated.    

 

After  many  attempts  of  trying  to  repeal  this  decision,  they  were  executed  two  

years  ago  in  August  1927.  More  than  20,000  protesters  showed  up  against  this  

decision  the  night  before.  Sacco  and  Vanzetti  still  swear  they  were  innocent  until  

their  very  last  moments.  They  were  executed  on  the  same  night.  Over  10,000  people  

showed  up  at  their  funeral  to  mourn  their  deaths.    

News Article

Monkey Business By: Kelvin Ross

any folks are still questioning what evolution

is. Some are asking things like: Are we really from monkeys? Are we still evolving? Is there any proof?

In the court case State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes (1925), Clarence Darrow defended 24-year-old Scopes for teaching Evolution at a public high school in Dayton Tennessee, which interfered with the recently passed Butler Act. He agreed to be a test subject with the American Civil

Liberties Union backing him and was arrested to await trial. After hearing about the upcoming trial, William Jennings Bryan intentionally got himself involved as the state’s attorney taking the religious side of the argument, saying that evolution was dangerous and should not be taught. Questioning of many popular biblical stories took place in the courtroom starting with

Adam and Eve. When Bryan took the stand Darrow pounded him with questions such as, how did Eve come from Adam’s rib? And where did Cane’s wife come from? These all went unanswered with Bryan in defense saying “The reason

I am answering is not for the benefit of the superior court. It is to keep these gentlemen from saying I was afraid to meet them and let them question me, and I want the Christian world to know that any atheist, agnostic, unbeliever, can question me anytime as to my belief in God, and I will answer him.” In the end Scopes and Darrow lost the trial, Scopes was fined 100$, but many say that they won the interest of the nation. The “Trial of the Century” created an

altercation between modern and traditional views; in other words, old vs. new. As people began to research this fascinating topic many began to create a sense of interest and a hunger for more.

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Photo of John Scopes

THE AGE OF THE NEW

NEGRO

                                                                 

‘Negros  and  Whites;  Forbidden  Love’  by  Johanna  Smith  

News  Article  

Harlem  Offers  New  Hope  for  The  New  Negro  By:  Benny  Jones  

 Early  this  decade,  the  Negros  have  been  going  through  a  cultural  movement  

centered  in  the  Harlem  neighborhood  of  New  York,  City.  As  conditions  in  the  south  continued  to  be  harsh  towards  Negros,  they  have  moved  North  in  order  to  gain  more  respect.  Harlem  is  now  full  of  culture  and  music  that  Negros  have  introduced  to  the  North.  They  have  gained  pride  with  the  idea  of  the  New  Negro,  which  was  a  man  proud  of  their  African  heritage.      

Around  the  time  of  the  Civil  War,  many  African  Americans  were  enslaved  in  the  South.  Now  with  their  freedom,  they  are  seeking  equality  and  respect  amongst  the  American  people.  With  many  white  supremacist  groups  and  much  hatred  in  the  south,  the  African  Americans  started  to  migrate  North  in  search  of  civil  rights.  They  have  gained  some  better  standard  of  living  today,  but  it  sure  isn’t  what  they  expected.  More  importantly,  they  have  gained  more  pride  in  their  heritage,  culture,  and  

created  the  New  Negro.      

Harlem  today  has  exploded  with  new  culture  and  a  new  different  type  of  music.  Negros  have  created  Jazz,  which  is  a  type  of  music  using  European  instruments  with  African  tribal  beats.  With  the  culture  change  in  Harlem,  Jazz  has  now  become  popular  all  over  the  country.  Many  Negros  are  now  famous  for  their  work,  and  even  had  some  concerts.    

THE AGE OF CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENTS

Feature  story  

The  United  Unions  of  America  By:  Benny  Jones    

Labor  unions  have  started  falling  in  America.  Strikes  are  happening  all  around  us,  and  what  does  the  government  do?  Send  troops  to  stop  them.  Why  are  they  not  listening  to  the  people  and  just  continuing  to  treat  citizens  badly?  We  as  American  citizens  don’t  deserve  wage  cuts  and  overtime  hours  without  pay.  It  is  time  for  a  change  in  this  country.    

The  last  year,  Labor  Unions  have  lost  many  members  due  to  wage  cuts  and  people  being  angry  in  general  about  the  government.  There  are  estimates  that  the  labor  union  population  has  gone  from  5  million  to  3.4  million.  Many  people  are  

losing  jobs  and  having  to  get  lower  wage  jobs.  People  can’t  afford  many  things  as  a  result  of  these  conditions.    

 A  main  reason  for  people  leaving  the  

labor  unions  was  fear  of  communism.  There  had  been  many  immigrants  in  the  country  at  the  time  and  American  citizens  wanted  to  stay  away.  A  man  named  Joe  Brown  said,  “These  labor  unions  are  filled  with  communism,  and  if  we  stay  in  them,  we  are  supporting  them  taking  over  the  world.  Joe  has  recently  left  his  labor  union  for  that  very  reason.  Even  the  government  saw  labor  unions  as  a  threat  to  

the  countries  economy.  This  has  not  been  well  for  Joe  financially.  He  has  had  to  take  a  lower  paying  job  since  he  left.  The  Anti-­‐Communist  fears  have  grown  so  widely  that  it  has  caused  chaos  amongst  the  American  people.  This  issue  led  to  terroristic  acts  against  issues  that  dealt  with  communism.  That  was  almost  ten  years  ago,  and  some  of  the  same  issues  still  remain  today.    

Feature Story

The Red Scare By: John Jacobs On January 2, 1920, federal agents raided pool halls, restaurants, and private homes in thirty-three American cities, arresting more than four thousand alleged radicals or communists, most without proper warrants. Arrested radicals who lacked citizenship papers were held for deportation hearings. Known as the Palmer Raids, named after the man who started them, these raids marked the height of a government campaign begun in 1919 to fight the “red menace that many believed was a threat to American democracy. Worried by the revolution that had taken place in Russia, along with the bombings against US officials, Palmer became convinced that the Communist agents were planning to overthrow the US government. Over 6,000 were arrested and held without trial. Shortly after the raids, Palmer announced that a Communist revolution was likely to take place. Mass panic ensued. When the revolution did not occur, views of Palmer and his radical ideas began to wane.

The Palmer Raids came toward the end of a 3-year

period when American’s fears of Communist influence on US society were extreme. This period fell on the heels of fervent patriotism that was prevalent during WWI. Anyone who wasn’t as patriotic as possible, draft dodgers, immigrants, etc. –was viewed with suspicion. During this period there was a series of strikes performed by workers across the country. Many Americans feared that a revolution in the US was imminent. They worried the revolution would change the American way of life. Newspapers spurred on the anxieties portraying the strikes as radical threats to society inspired by left wing foreign agencies.

Many of these views were promoted by recent European immigrants, which led to a crackdown on immigration and further difficulties for immigrants hoping to join US society.

In Seattle, for instance, when 60,000 shipyard workers went on strike, despite the absence of any violence, the strikers were labeled as reds and charged with trying to incite revolution. The Seattle strike suddenly became national news, with newspaper headlines across the country telling of Seattle’s “impending doom”. Following the Seattle incident, the press called all strikes “crimes against society” and “plots to establish Communism”. As each new incident inspired the next, hysteria took hold of the United States and “red hunting” became a national obsession.

Slowly through time, our society has become less suspicious and conspiracy theories have subsided. The Red Scare was an unfortunate series of events in our recent past, and for now society is moving forward and focused on growing a strong and resilient country.

                                                       

         

“They’re  Everywhere”  by  Kelvin  Ross  

Editorial

Dames and Flappers By John Jacobs

Men fought in the trenches during the war, protecting the America that we all know and love. In the meantime, the dames at home stepped up to support the effort. The men are now home, but the world around them has changed. Restoring our lives to pre-war normalcy would serve us better than the lifestyle that is emerging among the young generation of “modern women”.

Women are pushing the limits in

unimaginable ways. It is true that women are very capable of voting, and they have worked hard to gain that right for many years, but the other ideals this new generation of women have picked up are the ones that worry many Americans.

Women today have

been setting aside their moral and family values to participate in new activities. Our society is based on a strong family structure. Raising hemlines, smoking, and bobbed hair are all signs of reckless behavior that are sure to have negative effects on our

families and on society. Men and women have always had unique roles. Those roles have allowed us to create the greatest society on earth. What will happen if the lines are blurred? We must not put our livelihood and way of life in peril by demanding frivolity. Let’s instead focus on holding steadfast to our moral and family values to keep this nation one with a bright and prosperous future.

                                                                 

‘Balancing  Act’  By  Teddy  Harvey  

THE AGE OF CONSUMERISM

AND ENTERTAINMENT

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Top 5 Must-See Movies of the 1920’s By: Kelvin Ross

1. Metropolis (1927) Metropolis is a modernistic film that had a Romeo and Juliet plot with a twist. Taking place in the future it shows how a couple from two different societies struggles to be together depicting what love truly is. Starring: Brigitte Helm, Fitz Lang, Gustav Froehlich

2. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

(1927) This twisting movie shows a tragic relationship between a married man and a lusting woman who is jealous of her lover’s wife. When she wants him to kill his wife he has some second thoughts about it and leaves her in questioning. Who will he choose? Starring: Janet Gaynor, Jane Winton, and George O’Brien

3. The Wind (1928) The Wind captures a romantic side of harsh weather, showing that sometimes things that are irritating can be good. Starring: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, and Dorothy Cummings

4. Napoleon (1927)

This film depicts the life of Napoleon Bonaparte from his days in boarding school to the numerous battles. Starring: Albert Dieudonne, Able Gance, and Jean Gaudery

5. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horror This horror film involves the dealing of a foreigner bringing

plague to his new estate and infecting his those around him; while he has a secret obsession his realtor’s wife she finds that she is the only one who can stop it. Starring: Max Schrek, Greta Schroeder, and F.W. Murnau

Sports news! By: Johanna Smith  

Good-bye bambino To Red Sox fans he was wasn’t just a baseball player, he was the heart of the game. Not just a pitcher, but a great pitcher. Not just a hitter, but also a dazzling hitter. That’s why it came as such a shock when Ruth’s supporters opened their Boston Globes on the morning of Jan. 6, 1920 and learned “The Babe” had been sold to the New York Yankees. The heart of baseball was cut out of Boston for $125,000. Before the sale, the Red Sox had won five world series. The Yankees had never even got to the Series. RIP In the late afternoon at the Polo Grounds, Ray Chapman

stepped into the batter’s box for what would be the very last time. The 29-year-old Cleveland Indians’ shortstop, known as “Chappie”, squared around to bunt off the Yankee’s Carl Mays. The pitch was inside, Chapman was unable to duck and the pitch hit him on the temple. The ball struck so loud and with such a sound that Mays thought it had hit Chapman’s bat and threw the rolling ball to first for an out. Chapman never regained consciousness and died at 4:30am the next day August 17, 1920. The Indians won the tragic game 4-3, handing Mays the loss. As a dedication to

Chapman, The Cleveland squad went on to win both the American League pennant as well as the 1920 World Series over the Brooklyn Robins 4 games to 3. This was the series where Indians’s Bill Wambsganss’ pulled off the only unassisted triple play in World Series history. American Football’s first Champions-This wording established the precedent for the 1920 season of awarding the title by a vote of the league's managers, rather than who finished at the top of the standings. The Akron Pros were awarded the 1920 AFPA Championship on April 30, 1921 after posting an 8–0–3 record.

       

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