First Areas of Research
Ahhh yes, the 1950's. Who could help but wonder what life was like in such an affluent time in American society. After World War II, the United States as a whole became much more prosperous and was recognized as the only world power. As the only nation to come out in a positive manner from the war, rather than decimated from conflict, Americans sure had some things they wanted to do with their money. However, segregation was still rampant throughout the United States and became more of an increasing problem much overlooked in cities across the country as whites moved to suburbia and distanced themselves from minority groups. For example, "after World War II, millions of whites fled American city neighborhoods because they feared blacks. Victims of their own histeria, they sold their homes below the market value to panic-peddling blockbusters" who then flipped the houses and sold them to unsuspecting blacks at a substantially higher price. R