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Was Gatsby Actually Black? As Novel Turns 100, One East Bay English Class Makes the Case
The discourse over Gatsby’s race has been ongoing for years. Janet Savage, a California writer and attorney, released her 2017 book Jay Gatsby: A Black Man in Whiteface. A 2023 essay in The Atlantic ...
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
The Great Gatsby — 100 years old ... By 1920, only 1 million of the city's 6 million residents were white, native-born Protestants. There was also a massive internal migration going on back then: ...
As It Turns 100, ‘The Great Gatsby’ Takes Several Turns in the Spotlight
The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
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'The Great Gatsby' turns 100. What's it like teaching it today?
To nudge the kids along, Hannon shows them a chart known as "The Great Gatsby Curve." It comes from a report prepared by the Obama White House showing how difficult it is to climb economically in ...
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
Great works of art are ... city's 6 million residents were white, native-born Protestants. There was also a massive internal migration going on back then: Black Americans were relocating from ...