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Segregation in Sports
First African American MLB player was Jackie Robinson. Less than 4% of all sports players were black. No black person ever won the heisman tryphy until the 1960s. -
Trends
April 12, 1954
Rock around the Clock was performed by Bill Haled and His Comets, the
known song to kick off rock and roll 26th Feb, 1956
Elvis Presley first performs on network television, on CBS's Stage Show,
making him the "hottest act in show business" at the time
September 1952-
THe first showing of the seres American Bandstand- that would continue to play for the next 30 years -
Inventions
The most popular invention was TV. The credit card was invented. Three were many specific inventions these ten years that most of them we still have today. -
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The 1950s
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Korean War
The total battle American deaths were totaled to about 33,741 people. It was the first armed conflict in the global struggle between democracy and communism, which was called the cold war. The 38th parallel became the post-war border between the US and South Korea. -
Transcontinental Telivision
Harry S. Truman's opening speech before a conference in San Francisco is broadcast across the nation, marking the first time a television program was broadcast from coast to coast. By 1947 AT&T has set up a series of microwave towers between Boston and New York -
Pop Culture and Trends
Pop Culture and Trends 1952- 3-D movies invented to get people back interested into movies after the initial big
boom of TV 1958- Two California toy makers heard about kids in Australia who exercised with
Bamboo rings, and loved it. Their company Wham- O began selling plastic rings for
$1.98 February 1957- Massachusetts school banned anybody with a Ducktail. One of the
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Hydrogen Bomb
President Harry Truman announced that the creating on the hydrogen bomb was to continue. Savanna river in South Carolina was the site for the nation's hydrogen bomb production location. The production location produced tritium for the nation's nuclear arsenal. -
Brown v. Board ofEducation
- Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Many segregated schools
- After three long years the case finally ended on May 17, 1954 with the court finding in favor of Linda Brown
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The Fire
More than 1,200 students were attending school that day. Only two classes got out right away. 92 students and 3 nuns died. -
Explorer 1
J.P.L. Built and designed the spacecraft in response to The russians Sputnik. J.P.L. Completed the spacecraft in 3 months. They used Military Jupiter C Rocket to launch -
NASA was founded
October 1, 1958, the official start of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA was the beginning of a rich history of unique scientific and technological achievements in human space flight. NASA was formed as a result of the Sputnik crisis of confidence. -
Alaska and Hawaii Become States
Alaska was sold for 21 cents an acre and for 7.2 million dollars over all. It brought people to live there by having gold and oil for miners. Alaska means great land.
