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“Sula” Toni morrison TONI MORRISON THE ROARING 20’S THE GREAT DEPRESSION WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE JIM CROW THEMES

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“Sula”Toni morrison

TONI MORRISON THE ROARING 20’S THE GREAT

DEPRESSION WOMEN’S

SUFFRAGE JIM CROW THEMES

TONI MORRISON Author of seven critically acclaimed novels

including Sula, Beloved, and The Bluest Eye

Won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993:

first African-American woman to win the award

Toni morrison Born Chloe Anthony

Wafford in 1931 Received undergraduate

degree from Howard University

Received master’s degree from Cornell University

Worked full time as a sales editor for Random House Publishing

THE ROARING 20’S Describes the 1920’s Artistic, Social, and

Cultural Advancements Jazz Music Blossomed Term “flappers”

redefined womanhood Increase in technology

and economy

The great depressionThe Great Depression happened as a result

of the stock mark crash on October 29, 1929.

This was also known as Black Tuesday and was associated with the onset of World War II.

The great depression Jobs were limited Food and agriculture

were scarce Prices and wages

began to decline People struggled for

basic needs such as food and shelter

The great depression The Depression left

millions of Americans jobless, homeless, and penniless

Many people relied on the government and charity to provide them food

Government assistance The people elected president Franklin D.

Roosevelt in 1932. They believed that he could help solve the economic problems of America.

As a result of the Depression, Roosevelt created a program called “The New Deal.”

The new deal Developed agencies

that assisted with unemployment (WPA CCC, NRA)

Developed the Social Security System

Government became more involved with the people

Women’s suffrage movement Can be defined as an economic and

political reform movement that was designed to give women equal rights, especially the right to vote

The Women’s Suffrage Movement worked to win equality for women

During the war some women had to take on the role of men in the household

Women’s suffrage movementAs a result of the

movement Women were allowed

to vote Women were allowed

to own property Women were given

some of the same rights as men

Jim crow laws of the south The term date back at least to the

Eighteenth Century, there is no evidence that it refers to an individual

The term was considered a practice used to separate races in the South

In the 1820’s it referred to a minstrel show called “Jump Jim Crow” which mocked Blacks

Sample “jim crow” laws Whites and Blacks

could not marry Schools for Whites

and Blacks were separate

Whites and Blacks could not occupy the same housing

Themes in “sula” Race Defining

Womanhood The Effects of

History Identity and

Alienation

LITERARY TERMSTheme: the author’s message to the

reader about the topics in the novelSetting: location or where the story

takes placeFlashback: an unexpected recurrence of

a past experienceIrony: an outcome that is different from

what is expected