As Dallas Leadership Foundation (DLF) gets ready for a 20th-anniversary gala inspired by the 1940s, we're rediscovering the varied moods of the decade. You don't have to be a history buff to recognize that the 1940s spanned the gamut of human experience -- from World
War II to the atomic bomb, from the rise of Nazism and the evils of the Holocaust to the birth of the State of Israel, to the fall of colonialism in countries like Syria and Lebanon, Iceland and Indonesia.
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| Benny Goodman |
In the United States, civil rights groups resisted entrenched racial separation. Women expanded their roles in the workforce. The Great Depression was a fresh memory. Bebop, Swing, handsome crooners and lovely songtresses captured the hearts of many Americans.
Movies and books exploded as artistic standards that we still admire today. In fact, a new television ad touting the merger between AT&T and DirecTV features a clip from the 1942 film, "Casablanca." You see, the 40s are hard to forget.
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| Langston Hughes |
Movies and books exploded as artistic standards that we still admire today. In fact, a new television ad touting the merger between AT&T and DirecTV features a clip from the 1942 film, "Casablanca." You see, the 40s are hard to forget.
Make it a throwback weekend and revisit the cultural moments of this memorable era. You'll understand why we're excited about celebrating our work in Dallas' neighborhoods with a 1940s theme!
Here's the first of our throwback lists about the '40s:
Music: Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, LouisArmstrong, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Rogers, Hank Williams, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland and Doris Day.
Books: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Native Son by Richard Wright, Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis, 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell, For Whom theBell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, The Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams, and The Big Sea: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Good Reads offers a larger list.
Movies: Movies: "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Cabin in the Sky," It's A Wonderful Life," "Double Indemnity," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "The Big Sleep," and "Notorious. IMDb.com offers a list of the 100 greatest films in the 1940s.
Here's the first of our throwback lists about the '40s:
Music: Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, LouisArmstrong, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Rogers, Hank Williams, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland and Doris Day.
Books: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Native Son by Richard Wright, Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis, 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell, For Whom theBell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, The Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams, and The Big Sea: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Good Reads offers a larger list. Movies: Movies: "Casablanca," "Citizen Kane," "Cabin in the Sky," It's A Wonderful Life," "Double Indemnity," "Meet Me in St. Louis," "The Big Sleep," and "Notorious. IMDb.com offers a list of the 100 greatest films in the 1940s.
Support Dallas Leadership Foundation's 20th anniversary gala by visiting ttp://www.dlftx.org/donations. Buy your tickets and tables in August and they will be matched dollar for dollar during our $100K August Match Challenge.
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