1950's Misconceptions

The 1950's are often compared to the roaring twenties. It was a time of revolution for America's society. It was not a misconception that could be seen as the highpoint in America's society and culture. It was not a misconception. During World War Two, many businesses produced weapons for the war. In hat easily made America million upon millions. We experienced an increase of growth in economics. There was also an increased expansion of the middle class. Many people started buying bigger homes, not only bugger homes, but home in the suburbs. A lot of people also bought "time saving" appliances for their household. The national income doubled in the 1950's and would soon double again ten years later. It consisted of a popular culture
Performers like Elvis Presley encouraged Rock and Roll. It mixed the blues and back rhythm with country and white bluegrass styles. Listening to this type of started to become an everyday norm. Movie starts also began to become popular, such as Marilyn Monroe. Her way of life basically made sexuality commercialized and popularized. That's when the Playboy magazines come in. The very first magazine was published in 1955. Americans started to become buyers of advertised goods on their televisions right in their homes. The way the literacy transformed was also a curiosity. World War Two inspired authors to write about certain topics, just like the first World War. There was an up rise in authors, such as Norman Mailer, James Jones, Joseph Heller, and John Cheever. There was also a flow of poetry in the post war. In America, it was said that a life of a poet was a dangerous career that ended in madness, even though it started with sadness. Playwrights also became big. Arthur Murray had a stage play on a story called "The Crucible". This was about the Salem Witch Trials as a warning against the possible danger(s) of McCarthyism. There was a numerous amount of black authors who wrote books that was bestselling. Novel, such as " Native
In the educational system in 1954, it was ruled that the racial segregation was unconstitutional in the public schools. There was fifteen million African American citizens in America. Sadly, almost two-thirds of them stayed at home. Leading into the 1950s, the Brooklyn Dodgers had made history by signing Jack Roosevelt Robinson or "Jackie". He was openly known as an African American who cracked the racial barriers. There was an organization known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or the "NAACP". Its goal was to deplete the legal way of segregation across America. In 1950, in the case of Sweatt vs Painter, it was ruled that having segregation for the colored and whites failed the equality test. Five years later a woman named Rosa Parks made history in Alabama. She had boarded a bus and sat down in the "whites only" section. When she was asked to get up she had refused to do so, by saying no. Even though, she later got arrested, that day showed the braveness of African Americans and how they were not scared to stand up for not only themselves, but also for their race. In the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas they ruled that segregated