Why was this group able to become so popular? Could this rise have something to do with cultural differences between urban and rural populations? Are there any religious or ethnic issues that contributed to the dramatic rise in popularity of this group at this time? Detail the impacts of the Harlem Renaissance and the impact on modern race relations.
With the new inventions and ability for musical culture to spread, the African Americans gained a lot of popularity during the 20’s, for they were leading the musical revolution. African Americans gave rise to what changed america's musical culture as a whole; Jazz. Jazz was a faster paced style of music that the youth of America absolutely loved, it led to suggestive dancing and it was often what kept parties alive, and thriving. Jazz allowed for many white people to be able to ignore the fact that they were black, with the rise of jazz popularity, came the rise of black …show more content…
These people, are the people who worked to form the KKK. The KKK became so popular due to the great amount of people who had witnessed the abolition of slavery and have always held a deep hatred towards African Americans the way it was. The massive amount of people who had this hatred, were angry that there was nothing they could do about the rise of the black popularity, so when the opportunity to join the KKK presented itself, people did not hesitate to join.
The rise of the KKK with its peak reaching 3 to 4 million members in the 20’s, may have had much to do with the cultural differences between the urban and rural populations. While the urban population may have been more accepting of the culture, the rural population only saw it as former slaves being treated as normal people, which is “ridiculous”. The rural population could not bear to stand by and watch as the slaves that had been taken from them, become popular and accepted. While some of the urban population may have felt the same, the rural population made up a large portion of the