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Famous People 20s 30
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| Name | Importance |
|---|---|
| David Sarnoff | leader in broadcast industry |
| Guglielmo Marconi | invented way to send wireless messages (radio) |
| Bessie Smith | famous blues singer |
| Duke Ellington | world famous jazz pianist and composer |
| Louis Armstrong | African American jazz musician and singer |
| Henry Ford | used assembly line to make inexpensive cars |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | artist of urban scenes and paintings of the Southwest |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | novelist, wrote about the Jazz Age (his term) |
| John Steinback | novelist, who wrote how strong the poor migrant workers were |
| George Gershwin | composer who wrote uniquely American music |
| Aaron Copland | composer who wrote uniquely American music |
| Langston Hughes | poet, combined experiences of African and American cultural roots |
| Jacob Lawrence | painter, showed the experiences of the Great Migration north |