Alice Childress's "Wedding Band" is the story of an interracial love/hate relationship between two southern lovers. The play is set in South Carolina in 1918. “Wedding Band” truly captures the essence of the time and place in which the play is set. This era (1915-1931) is one of the most significant in the history of this young nation. The decade of the 1920s is often characterized as a time of prosperity and optimism in the United States. It was the “Roaring Twenties,” the decade of bathtub gin, the Model T, the $5 workday, the first transatlantic flight and the movies. It was also a powerful moment in African-American history. The Harlem Renaissance takes shape; it was a time when African Americans were beginning an intellectual movement. Harlem became the center of African-American culture. Most African Americans began a movement to rethink their values ​​and appreciation of their roots and Africa. The “Great Migration” began at this time. Approximately two million southern blacks migrated to the industrial centers of the North in hopes of escaping the oppressive nature of the Deep South. However, for every advantage there is a disadvantage. The decade was a period of growing intolerance and isolation. Americans retreated into a provincialism evidenced by the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the anti-radical hysteria of the Palmer Raids, restrictive immigration laws, and Prohibition. The flu and World War I led to an alarming number of Americans dying prematurely. Racially motivated riots spread across the country and demonstrations endorsing and condemning racism were the norm. Life in the South was mostly unbearable for blacks, and many believed that the southern atmosphere had such a stifling effect on them that flight was the best option. . African Americans showed their inner pain, gradually proving to the racist whites of the South that they were someone, not property, but a human being with personal worth and dignity who should be treated on an equal footing. The main place black southerners were blinded to was the urban areas of the North. These are the places that caught their attention. Many enslaved southerners or sons and daughters of enslaved Africans began to migrate to northern cities. These are the places where they began to live a life of independence and freedom. The migration of black southerners was a success.