The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the " Fifties " or the " '50s ") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on …

Our retrospective image of the "fifties" as the age of Ozzie and Harriet is not entirely false. It was the image that many middle-class Americans accepted at the time, and a reflection of the way …

Jun 17, 2010 · In 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement.

The Fifties The 1950s were a time of rapid change and lock step conformity, of new forms emerging out of old, and technical innovations proceeding at a breakneck pace.

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Retrospective depictions of the United States in the 1950s tend to romanticize the decade as an idyllic and prosperous time for many Americans. People generally settled back into traditional …

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The temperature has been in the fifties (= between 50° and 59°). My dad is in his fifties (= between 50 and 59 years old). The fifties are the years between 1950 and 1959.

World War II is fought to its bitter end in the Pacific and the world lives with the legacy of its final moment: the atomic bomb. Professor Miller continues the story as veterans return from the …

Define fifties. fifties synonyms, fifties pronunciation, fifties translation, English dictionary definition of fifties. n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 5 × 10. 2. fifties a. A decade or the numbers from …