Fiftys Desegregation Struggle and National Crisis
A retrospective look at the desegregation battles sparked by Brown v. Board, including the Little Rock crisis and federal troops, plus the era's labor and political upheavals. It recalls key figures like Faubus, Eisenhower, and Nixon, and notes ongoing integration and constitutional questions.
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Cincinnati
Little Rock
Southern Education Reporting Service
District of Columbia
End of the Fifties Reflections on American Unease and Change
A survey of late 1950s America shows rising anxiety among children and adults despite prosperity. Noted observers cite drift, loss of purpose, and moral questions amid growing education, religion, and social shifts, with rising crime, changing marriage ages, and a booming GNP.
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Charles Frankel
Herter
United States
Oskar Morganstern
New York
Sherman Adams
Charles van Doren
van Doren
Hans J. Morgenthau
Chicago
Census Bureau
America
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