THE 1950's
Politics, Pop Culture, Major Events, Literature, oh my!
Politics
Rosenberg Trials
McCarthyism
Brown v. Board of Education
Pop Culture
Clothes were made of synthetic easy care fabrics with Christian Dior's New Look becoming a huge fashion trend, the rise of sportswear followed
Rock-and-Roll became the most popular music genre with artists such as Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry
Television became more popular with shows such as I Love Lucy and Leave It To Beaver
Major Events
Korean War starts 25 Jun 1950
Transcontinental and Colour Tv introduced May 1951
DNA discovered 1953
Racial segregation ruled unconstitional in public schools 4 Jun 1954
Rosa Parks 1 Dec 1955
Vietnam War begins 1 Nov 1955
Soviet satelittle 'Sputnik' launched 5 May 1957
Alaska and Hawaii become a part of the U.S.A. 1959
Literature
Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man
James Baldwin: Go Tell it on the Mountain
Religion, WW2, and Humor filled the literature of the 1950s