http://library.thinkquest.org/C005846/categories/artliter/artslit.htm
THE ROARING TWENTIES WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE JAZZ AGE. THE MOVEMENT OF THE JAZZ AGE, GREW LARGED AND INFLUENCED OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. DURING THE TIME PERIOD OF WWI AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE THE WORKS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICANS ON THE FIELD MUSIC HAD ALSO ESCALATED EVEN MORE. OTHER STYLE OF MUSIC LIKE DIXIELAND AND BLUES BECAME POPULAR AS WELL. THE DANCE CALLED THE CHARLESTON WITH THE ORIGINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND AFRICAN AMERICANS STYLE. THIS TYPE OF DANCE COULD BE DONE IN A SOLO OR WITH A GROUP AS WELL. OTHER DANCES OF THE ERA INCLUDED THE CAKE WALK, THE TURKEY TROT, THE BLACK BOTTOM, AND THE BUNNY HUG.
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