The document discusses several notable events from the 1950s including:
- Bill Haley and the Comets' 1955 hit "Rock Around the Clock" which is considered the first rock and roll song to achieve national popularity.
- On September 4, 1957 Elizabeth Eckford, one of the "Little Rock Nine" African American students, attempted to enter the previously segregated Little Rock Central High School but was blocked by the National Guard on orders from the governor. Troops were later sent by President Eisenhower to escort the students.
- The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, kicking off the space race with the United States.
- Hawaii became the 50th state on
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The early 1960's in America was fraught with fear looming over from the onset of the cold war. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn into office as the 35th President in January of 1961. Within a few months of taking office, he helped orchestrate the
Bay of Pigs Invasion
, which had a negative result. In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded, and the fear of communism in the United States was stronger than ever. 1963 signaled the beginnings of unrest in Laos and Vietnam, due to a perceived communist threat. Kennedy was preparing to face the crisis mounting in Southeast Asia when he was assassinated on November 22nd, 1963. The
assassination of JFK
was a pivotal moment not just for American history, but also for American popular culture.
The term
counterculture
has been defined as a culture with values and mores that run counter to, or against those, of established society. There has always been a counterculture to oppose the dominant culture in America, but this group tended to be in the minority of the population until the mid to late 1960's. The assassination of JFK, which was all the more shocking due to the fact that it was the first televised assassination in American history, changed the fabric of the United States. Young people were not merely beginning to question the authority of their parents; they were questioning their rights as citizens, and to have a mistrust of their government.
The 1960's countercultural revolution in the US was not only brought on by political events. The birth of rock and roll in the late 1950's had changed the face of popular music forever, and many new musicians were emerging with a new look, and a new sound. Arguably, the most important band to emerge in the 1960's were not American, but British musicians. Ladies and gentlemen...
The Beatles!
The Beatles
The Beatles were part of the "British Invasion" of bands during the early to mid 1960's, who were becoming extremely popular with American youth. When they first appeared, they sported a clean-cut look, with short hair and suits. As their popularity grew into an international phenomenon, they began to change their appearance, and began to experiment with drugs. Both British, and American youth cultures were transformed by "Beatlemania", as it was called. As the band changed, young people changed with them. Not everyone was a fan of the strong opinions of John Lennon, one of The Beatles two front men. During an interview in 1966, John Lennon remarked that The Beatles had become "
more popular than Jesus
". This caused outrage in the Southern United States, and in Birmingham, Alabama, young people were urged by religious and social leaders to burn Beatles records. Consequently, this was the same part of the country where the civil rights movement was also taking place.
Bob Dylan
Another notable musician, and also an American, Bob Dylan also helped shape the countercultural structure of the 1960's. Dylan, who is still recording music today, started o.
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1. 1950’s
Speakers on for the Song Many People Think
Signifies the Birth of Rock and Roll
Bill Haley and the Comets’ 1955 #1 Hit
“Rock Around the Clock”
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2. The Price of Gas Goes From 18.9 Cents a Gallon in 1950 to a Whopping 25.9 Cents in 1959 And, They Pumped the Gas,
Wiped Your Windshield, Checked Your Oil, Checked Your Battery And Checked the Tire Pressure
3. On November 1, 1950 Oscar Collazo and Grisello Torresola attempted to assassinate President Truman to call attention to Puerto
Rico and advance the cause of Puerto Rican independence. The attack took place at the Blair House where the Truman family
stayed while the White House was being renovated. Collazo and Torresola approached Blair House from opposite directions
intending to shoot their way inside. The ensuing gun battle with White House policemen and secret service agents left Torresola
and one policeman dead and Collazo and two policemen wounded. The picture below is of the wounded Collazo at the front steps
of the Blair House. Neither of the Assasins were able to gain entry into the Blair House where Truman was taking a nap upstairs.
5. Soldiers on a nuclear
training exercise during a
November 1, 1951, 21
kiloton, B-50 airdrop,
nuclear test at the Nevada
Proving Grounds. For
twelve years, an average
of one bomb every three
weeks was detonated, for
a total of 235 bombs. A
Limited Test Ban went into
effect in 1963 banning
above ground tests.
6. Opening of the Thruway Plaza Shopping Center in
Buffalo, N.Y in 1952 Heralding the Shift of Shopping
From Downtown to the Suburbs
7. November 1, 1952 - First Hydrogen Bomb Was Tested at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific
8. 1953 Pontiac Convertible
1953 was the first year Pontiac had a one piece windshield and still sported the double
chrome strip in the center with a Plastic Indian head that lit up when the lights were
turned on. Both were dropped in 1957. The Pontiac was named after the town in
Michigan where it was first built, which in turn was named after an Indian Chief.
9. On June 30, 1953 Chevrolet introduces the Corvette. Billed as a 1954, there were only 300 built in 1953. Fifty-six years later,
approximately 225 of them are still known to exist. All of the cars were Polo White with a red interior and a black canvas top. There
were two options offered: a signal seeking AM radio ($145.15) and a heater ($91.40). Although listed as options, all 1953 Corvettes
were equipped with both items. The radio had an interesting feature: since fiberglass is electrically inert, the antenna was simply
incorporated in the trunk lid. This would not be possible with a conventional steel body.
14. Jonas Salk Announces the Success of His Polio Vaccine to the World on April 12, 1955
15. Bill Haley and the Comets
• The featured song is "Rock Around
the Clock" made by Bill Haley and
the Comets in 1955, the first rock
'n' roll record to achieve national
popularity. Haley succeeded in
creating a music that appealed to
youth because of its exciting back
beat, its urgent call to dance, and
the action of its lyrics. The melody
was clearly laid down by electric
guitar; the lyrics were earthy and
simple. Haley abruptly ended the
ascendancy of the bland and
sentimental ballads popular in the
1940s and early 50s. He also
succeeded in translating black
rhythm and blues into a form that
adolescent white audiences could
understand.
17. Mrs. Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H.Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955 after refusing to
give up her bus seat so that a white man could sit, kicking off the bus boycott and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and
1960s.
22. This is another iconic image of the 50’s segregation period. Elizabeth Eckford is one of
the African American students known as the Little Rock Nine. On September 4, 1957,
she and eight other African American students attempted to enter Little Rock Central
High School, which had previously only accepted white students
• They were stopped at the door by
Arkansas National Guard troops
called up by Arkansas Governor
Orval Faubus. They tried again
without success to attend Central
High on September 23, 1957. The
next day, September 24, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower sent U.S.
Army troops to accompany the
Little Rock Nine to school for
protection.
• The thing is… she is not the
subject of the photograph. Will
Counts, the photographer shot
Hazel Massery, the white girl
shouting in front of the man. 40
years later she apologized to
Elisabeth.
23. History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched
Sputnik 1 and kicked off the competition that led to the race to the moon.
25. President Dwight Eisenhower, Alaska Territorial Governor Mike Stepovich and Secretary of Interior
Fred A. Seaton at the signing of the Alaska Statehood Bill on July 7, 1958 adding our 49th
state.
26. Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro speaks to supporters after the Cuban revolution triumphed on January
1, 1959 after dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country. Fidel Castro and his band of rebels descended from the
Island’s eastern mountains, where they had waged a guerrilla war against government troops. Cuba celebrated
the 50th
anniversary of the triumph of the revolution on January 1, 2009.
27. Ruth Handler watched her daughter
Barbara at play with paper dolls, and
noticed that she often enjoyed giving
them adult roles. At the time, most
children's toy dolls were
representations of infants. Realizing
that there could be a gap in the
market, Handler suggested the idea
of an adult-bodied doll to her
husband Elliot, a co-founder of the
Mattel toy company. He was
unenthusiastic about the idea, as
were Mattel's directors.
During a trip to Europe in 1956, Ruth
Handler came across a German toy
doll called Bild Lilli. The adult-figured
doll was exactly what Handler had in
mind, so she purchased three of
them. She gave one to her daughter
and took the others back to Mattel.
Handler reworked the design of the
doll and the doll was given a new
name, Barbie, after Handler's
daughter Barbara. The doll made its
debut on March 9, 1959.
28. Hawaii was admitted to the
United States as its 50th
state on August 21, 1959.
Celebrations swept through
the islands on news of
them joining the union of
States of the U.S.A.
Communities lit bon fires,
neighborhoods held
impromptu dances, cars
blared their horns and
people walked the streets
with broad grins and
greetings, seeing
themselves as full-fledged
Americans. Hawaii’s
Democrats and
Republicans were together
in the quest for Hawaiian
Statehood. Hawaii's media
were in full support as well.