Author: stefanieviera

Stefanie Viera is a 3rd year History and Humanities & Global Studies double major who is taking the Discovering Digital History course in the spring of 2025. She currently work at the Jane Addams Papers Project as an Editorial Assistant.

La Matanza: The Banana Massacre in American and Colombian History

Introduction On December 5th, 1928, Colombian laborers and their families gathered at Ciénaga’s train station to negotiate the terms of their strike against the United Fruit Company with the Governor…

May 3, 2025
Revisiting the History of the 1920s: An Analysis of Historiographical Articles

Summaries In 2007, David J. Goldberg, a white professor of history at Cleveland State University, provided an overview of the evolving way in which historians have analyzed the 1920s in…

April 29, 2025
The Banana Massacre: A Story of Corporate Violence

On December 5th, 1928, Colombian laborers and their families gathered at Ciénaga’s train station to negotiate the terms of their strike against the United Fruit Company with the Governor of…

April 1, 2025
The Great Playground: Leisure, Race and Sexuality at the Cotton Club

The Cotton Club was arguably the most popular nightclub in Harlem during the 1920s, emerging at the height of the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance. Established in September 1923…

February 23, 2025
The Cotton Club: A Legacy of Jazz and Racism

What Was the Cotton Club? The Cotton Club was the most popular nightclub in Harlem during the 1920s, emerging at the height of the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance.…

February 19, 2025
The Roaring 20s and Beyond: A Preliminary Look at the 1920s

Naturally, when I think about the 1920s, the first thing to come to mind is the idea of the roaring 20s. Although I understand this to be an inaccurate caricature…

January 28, 2025