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People of 20s/30s
Cutural People that Influenced These Two Decades
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jacob Lawrence | painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration north through art |
| George Gershwin and Aaron Copland | composers who wrote uniquely American music |
| John Steinbeck | a novelist who portrayed strength of poor migrant workers during 1930s |
| F Scott Fitzgerald | a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s; |
| Georgia O'Keefe | artist known for urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest |
| Langston Hughes | poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots |
| Bessie Smith | blues singer |
| Louis Armstrong | jazz composer known for his ability to play the trumpet |
| Duke Ellington | jazz composer |