Tag Archives: The 1950s

Profiles in History: Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Dress From The Seven Year Itch

Source:The New Democrat  One of the most famous scenes in Hollywood history happened in one of the most conservative times in American history, the 1950s, when women weren’t expected to show off their physical beauty and were looked down upon … Continue reading

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Kyungho Dean: Documentary- Edward R. Murrow vs. U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat What was so brilliant about Ed Murrow and his See it Now broadcast which was CBS News’s nightly newscast before the CBS Evening News was created, what was so brilliant about … Continue reading

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Arpa Keun: McCarthyism in America

. Source:The New Democrat  McCarthyism in America deserves at least one long blog and probably several of them. But to give you a summary of McCarthyism. It was about one U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Joe McCarthy who was anti-communist to … Continue reading

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National Journal: Matt Berman: The Forgotten, Radical Martin Luther King Jr.

Source:The New Democrat  The radicalism of Dr. Martin Luther King had to do with his economic politics and philosophy. He would be what would be described as a Social Democrat both as it related to civil and equal rights. But … Continue reading

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Bob Parker: ABC News 45-85- Post-World War II

This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Press Plus It would be another thirty-years until I was born when World War II was officially over in 1945. So it’s not like I can talk about post-World War II America … Continue reading

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NBC News: Meet The Press- Senator Robert Taft (1952)

Source:NBC News– U.S. Senator Robert Taft (Republican, Ohio) on NBC News Meet The Press, in 1952 Source:The Daily Post “Meet The Press. January 20, 1952. NBC-TV net, WNBT-TV, New York City audio aircheck. Sponsored by: Revere Copper and Brass. The … Continue reading

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Mysteries & Scandals: Lana Turner

Source:IMDB– Hollywood Babydoll Lana Turner in Madame X (1966) Source:The Daily Post “What happened on that night in 1958 when Lana Turner’s mobster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato was stabbed to death? Was she responsible or was it her teenage daughter, Cheryl … Continue reading

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California Newsreel: James Baldwin- ‘The Price of The Ticket’

Source:California Newsreels– James Baldwin’s: The Price of The Ticket. Source:The Daily Post “James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and … Continue reading

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CBS News: Face The Nation: Senator Joseph McCarthy, November 7, 1954

. Source:The Daily Post Senator McCarthy’s power in Congress was pretty much over at this point with Democrats winning back Congress in 1954. With McCarthy’s credibility and reputation being ruined with the McCarthy hearings and with the Senate censoring him … Continue reading

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Black Blog: ‘Robert Byrd Former Terrorist’

Source:Black Blog-a young Robert Byrd? Source:The Daily Times “Video about Robert Byrd and his ties to the terrorist organization the Ku Klux Klan.” From Black Blog The Ku Klux Klan, of course is a terrorist organization, that Robert Byrd was a … Continue reading

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