Tag Archives: 1950s

Fighting Education in America

by Georgia Fenwick Posted on December 7, 2010

Education in the United States has been a battle for many groups of people, focusing here on African Americans and women. A battle to gain the right to an American education that for a long time in history was not … Continue reading →

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Nov 16th Freedom in the 50’s

by Viktor Bunin Posted on December 5, 2010

One of the freedoms gained in the 1950’s is rebellion. Our civilization started to expand in it’s concept of what is accepted and what isn’t. Rock and roll, specifically Elvis, was an expression of teenage freedom and nonconformity. Music was … Continue reading →

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Changes in the 1950s

by annie.lin Posted on November 16, 2010

Transcontinental Television 1951 President Harry Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service on Sept. 4, 1951, when AT&T carried his address to the United Nations in San Francisco to viewers as far away as New England. Rosa Parks When Rosa Parks refused … Continue reading →

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New Freedoms Revealing

by harleen.multani Posted on November 16, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDk_TEM257k Among the many freedoms that were evolving during the 1950s included owning a car of your own. Having the luxury of a car at the time was part of the “package” that truly defined your freedom which also included … Continue reading →

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Freedom Within Their Own Home

by Edmond Tai Posted on November 15, 2010

In the 1950’s, most families owned a television set or household appliances. Such items, in a sense, provided freedom to families within their homes. The television would allow families to freely watch shows whenever they wanted without having to leave … Continue reading →

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Why Pay Today When You Can Pay Tomorrow

by Melissa Makak Posted on November 15, 2010

People tended to confuse their wants with their needs. People thought they had to have a ll the luxuries presented to them through advertisement. Most people did not actually have the money they needed to get all these things, so … Continue reading →

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Expanding Freedom

by Kreshnik Duka Posted on November 15, 2010

Rosa parks is widely remembered today as a symbol of ordinary blacks determination to resist the daily injustices and indignities of the Jim Crow South. Her life makes it clear that the cicil rights revolution was built on earlier struggles. … Continue reading →

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Places to go, people to see.

by victoria. Posted on November 14, 2010

Owning a car was the essence of freedom to people back in the 1950’s. Having a car meant you could go nearly everywhere and anywhere you pleased, whenever you wanted. It was the ideal sense of freedom that just about … Continue reading →

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The younger generation

by Lisa Yin Posted on November 14, 2010

The birth of the word “teenager” happened in the 1950’s. They coined it because there was a growing population and the 50’s was when the teenagers gained a tremendous amount of freedom.One major thing that increased independence for teenagers was … Continue reading →

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Buy and never look back

by Cindy Yin Posted on November 13, 2010

There was a revival in consumer culture during the 1950s. Many Americans began to live in suburban areas and because of this trend, shopping malls evolved and most of the shopping was done there. Since the shopping malls were only … Continue reading →

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Women’s Freedom at Home & For Everyone Else

by debbie.chu Posted on November 13, 2010

The “Golden Age” of the 1950s was the period of time of an easy life for everyone. Of the suburban areas, women in commercials and television shows were portrayed as the homemaker, while the men were off at work. Even … Continue reading →

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New Freedoms Revealing

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Why Pay Today When You Can Pay Tomorrow

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Buy and never look back

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