The Jazz Age

Before venturing out on the Journey of a Lifetime, it might be important to know something about your destination. We've got you covered.

The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance The decade of the 1920s marked the birth of a new spirit of freedom and liberation in America, with jazz music as its beat, and new dance styles emerging from its syncopations.

Bicycling the Way to Title IX

Bicycling the Way to Title IX

  • Engineering
  • History
  • Technology
  • Culture
  • Heart

How recreational bicycling in the 1800’s wheeled history forward towards Title IX

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Heading Back into the Past: 1920s Italy

Heading Back into the Past: 1920s Italy

  • History
  • Culture
  • Heart
  • Economics

How digging in to family history can turn your understanding of your identity inside out

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Great Migration: Starting Over

Great Migration: Starting Over

  • Arts
  • History
  • Culture
  • Literature
  • Heart
  • Writing
  • Economics
  • Equity

The Great Migration in the early 20th century north meant Black Americans moving from a predominantly rural and small-town South to the great cities of the North. Starting over was a big adjustment for everyone, for better and, sometimes, worse.

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The Great Migration: Finding the Freedom to Make a Living

The Great Migration: Finding the Freedom to Make a Living

  • Arts
  • History
  • Culture
  • Literature
  • Heart
  • Music

In the late 19th century, oppressive race laws and economic hardship for Blacks in the South triggered a mass exodus of formerly enslaved people seeking a better life. It wasn’t easy.

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