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RETRO-SPECTIVE THE DECADES PAST:Life in the 1950sWhat were the 1950's like? Now that we are in a new century and millennium, 1950 sounds so very long ago. Well, put that pie in the oven, hang up your apron and get set to go back as we take a peek in our retro time machine and drop in on the likes of Lucy and Ethel, Alice and Trixie, and maybe even some real people too!  Troops Holed In Near Blast Center Safe Men Sent Into 'Hot' Area Soon After Explosion Scientists unleashed their sixteenth atomic explosion in the United States today over 1500 troops who reported "All safe" from their foxholes 20 minutes after its blast showered them with dust and pebbles. Phew! Well it's good to know that they're safe! I was worried there for a minute! It was the twenty-seventh time the United States had touched off its cataclysmic nuclear might. And this time American doughboys were closer to the "ground zero" target point beneath the airdropped bomb than ever before in history. Some of them were in four and a half- to five-foot deep holes within three mile* of the ground bull's-eye. San Mateo Times, April 22, 1952 I bet they all watched "Duck and Cover" before! Are you ready for the Atomic bomb? Not sure? Well then, watch the following informative video and get ready! Duck and Cover (1951)
Just What Were We So Worried About?Seems silly, doesn't it? Terrible bombs to keep the boogie man out? Paranoia about communists and socialists - what, were they hiding behind every bush? Just what's so bad about communists, anyway?
In the video above, you see the events of 6 days or so around April 17th, 1953 in Berlin, Germany. 25,000 Soviet troops moved into East Berlin and Berlin became a city divided - although there was no wall yet, people were prevented from returning home by the soldiers. Fate would have played a big role that day - if you had gone shopping and had unwittingly crossed the new border - it would be 36 years before you would be able to return. Nobody really saw that coming... What were people like?On Grace and Courage:  Elizabeth Eckford on her way to school in Little Rock, Arkansas September 4, 1957. How many of us would have just stayed home that day? Sometimes things just are really Black and White. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Tell us at the retro housewife hotline! In The News:
"The court ruled 8-0 that an 80-year-old District of Columbia law forbidding
racial discrimination by cafes, bars and ice cream parlors is valid and still in
effect. The decision was in a case arising from refusal of a restaurant operated
by the Thompson chain to serve a number of Negroes in 1950,"
wrote The Frederick
Post on June 9, 1953.
Negro PoliceMore than 75 Southern towns and cities have Negro policemen. North Carolina has appointed a Negro to the state board of education. A number of Catholic churches, and a scattered few Protestant churches have removed segregation barriers. A long series of Federal court victories provided the impetus for most of the Negro's social progress. The courts virtually outlawed the traditional Southern white primary and recently have ruled that states must provide equal educational opportunities for the two races. The Southern Regional Council, which keeps accurate records on racial activities, reports that more than 600,000 Southern Negroes now are "qualified" to vote, compared to 211,000 10 years ago. The council said many of the "qualified" voters still are not getting to the polls because of remaining registration procedures in some states. George Mitchell, council director, said Negroes now are permitted to join organizations for lawyers, nurses, librarians and social workers in half the Southern states. On the other hand. Negro teachers are restricted except In one state, doctors from all but one, and Negro dentists are barred from professional societies throughout the area. September 22, 1950, European Stars And Stripes |
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* Wrote his wife Bess Love Letters
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ATLANTA (UP)— While Congress debates civil-rights legislation,
Southern Negroes gradually are winning some equal rights, a United
Press survey disclosed. Their progress to date has been almost
entirely aside from segregation barriers, which have not been and
probably will not be relaxed within the foreseeable future. Most
responsible Negro leaders currently are minimizing demands along
that line while pressing for equal opportunities at the polls and in
the schools. The survey shows the position of the Southern Negro has
greatly improved during the past several years. Most Southern states
are appropriating extra millions of dollars to provide more school
facilities for Negroes. Hundreds of thousands of Negroes are voting
for the first time.
