1950–1960: Prosperity, the Cold War, and a Movement Rising
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!
The 1950s opened with American soldiers already fighting in Korea and closed with a spy plane falling from the sky. In between, the United States became an affluent suburban nation under a nuclear shadow. Eisenhower offered calm after two decades of crisis. McCarthy turned fear into a weapon. Jonas Salk lifted the terror of polio. Interstate highways remade the map. Brown v. Board, Montgomery, and Little Rock forced a prosperous country to face unfinished justice. Jim Rand traces the…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.