{"id":785,"date":"2025-05-06T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidjamesgarber.com\/blog\/?p=785"},"modified":"2025-05-10T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:35:02","slug":"america-in-the-1950s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidjamesgarber.com\/blog\/archives\/785","title":{"rendered":"America in the 1950&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8G History Lesson 130 Assignment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In this assignment, I will be summarizing the events and culture in America during the 1950&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civil Rights Movement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The 50&#8217;s saw increased awareness of the civil rights movement. This was a time when America was segregated. Schools, restaurants, pools, parks, and even water fountains were segregated, separating the Black and White facilities. This was extremely unfair, and people had been against it for a long time, but the movement was brought to light in the 50&#8217;s. One of the significant events was the Montgomery bus boycott. This started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person that got on the bus. Black Americans at the time were expected to give up their seats anytime a white person got onto the bus. This sparked a full-on boycott of the bus system in Montgomery, with Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader. It lasted almost a whole year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were also many other acts of protest, including marches. A famous one was the Selma march. Tragically, many people that peacefully protested during the marches were brutally hurt and sometimes killed by the police force, as in the Bloody Sunday event during the Selma march. The issues of racial equality are still prominent today, and movements such as Black Lives Matter have gained popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Television and Music<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Television became very common in American households during the 1950&#8217;s. In 1950, only about 9 percent of Americans owned a television set, but by the end of the 50&#8217;s it was nearing 90 percent. Popular shows included <em>I Love Lucy<\/em>,<em> Leave It to Beaver<\/em>, and many others. Quiz shows also became popular. Today, over 96 percent of Americans have a TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new type of music became popular in the 50&#8217;s. Called rock and roll, it was a hybrid of many different styles. One of the first and most famous rock and roll artist was none other than the great Elvis Presley. Rock and roll remains one of the most (if not the most) popular genres of music today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/American-civil-rights-movement\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/American-civil-rights-movement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/television-in-the-United-States\/The-late-Golden-Age\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/art\/television-in-the-United-States\/The-late-Golden-Age<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/United-States\/Popular-music\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/United-States\/Popular-music<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8G History Lesson 130 Assignment In this assignment, I will be summarizing the events and culture in America during the 1950&#8217;s. Civil Rights Movement The 50&#8217;s saw increased awareness of the civil rights movement. This was a time when America was segregated. Schools, restaurants, pools, parks, and even water fountains were segregated, separating the Black [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[14,24],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8thgradehistory","tag-history","tag-school"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109,"url":"https:\/\/davidjamesgarber.com\/blog\/archives\/109","url_meta":{"origin":785,"position":0},"title":"8G History Lesson 30 Assignment","author":"David Garber","date":"December 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This week's assignment will be on the Bill of Rights. 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