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US History: Two Decades that Changed a Nation
1950S
Cold War
US History
The 1950s were a decade of post-world war ii economic prosperity, the start of the cold war, and the rise of the civil rights movement in the United States. “The former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1945 even said that the United States stands at the summit of the world”. For most Americans, the…
The American Dream in ‘Death of a Salesman’ and ‘Fences’ Analytical Essay
1950S
American Dream
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman American Dream
Fences
The American Dream is the fairy-tale by which fairness of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest need for goals to be achieved. In the 1950’s Americans was able to go after the American Dream, with big hopes towards the future Americans were able to own homes and start families. In the 1946…
Historical Context Of racism, August Wilson and Its Influences On Fences Analytical Essay
1950S
African American History
Fences
Play
Racism
Fences takes place in the era of segregation in the United States, when many public spaces were only open to whites and closed-off to blacks. Augustus Wilson examines the racial tension and the cultural imbalance among the African Americans during 1950s. It also occurs at a time of a burgeoning black rights movement of the…
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Dates: Jan 1, 1950 – Dec 31, 1959