SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE 1950S

Social, Economic or Political Events of the 1950s to the 1990s
Kelly Postl
AXIA College-University of Phoenix
The American Experience Since 1945 - HIS135
Jill Le Gare
February 24, 2008


Social, Economic or Political Events of the 1950s to the 1990s
The 1950s – Racial Challenges
Challenging racial prejudice in the United States in the 1950s was a daunting undertaking. While African-Americans, in the main, again bore the brunt of the backlash, no single person, group, or institution put civil rights on the national agenda, and no one person, group, or institution saw to it that it stayed on the national agenda. Stay it did. The changes in attitude and law that did occur came about as the result of a shared commitment from many, many people to take risks, highlight injustice, and press the cause for change. That commitment was not an easy one to make. It is easy to forget, in today's era of more cautious and covert......

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