On July 15, 1960, a crowd of over 80,000 people congregated at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in California, all of them had one thing in common, to hear the words of the newly selected Democratic Presidential Nominee, John F. Kennedy. Before the Kennedy campaign, the United States had entered the early stages of the Cold War, Fidel Castro installed a communist regime ninety miles off the coast...
“I decline to answer on the grounds that this might tend to incriminate me,”[1] would be repeated nearly twenty-three times by Ethel Rosenberg on that uncomfortable, eighty-eight-degree day in the Southern District Federal Court in New York on August 11, 1950. She was put on the stand by the prosecution because she and her husband, Julius, were charged with espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union....
The 1950-51 academic year was one of turmoil at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. The previously peaceful liberal arts school was rocked by a scandal concerning the young President Paul Wagner. This incident, which came to be known as the Wagner Affair, led to one of very few cases of student activism in the 1950s. It was brought about by Paul Wagner’s increasing disregard for the democratic...
In 1949, the Orlando Negro Chamber of Commerce presented the details on the upcoming housing development, Washington Shores. Many citizens from all throughout the state came to visit and inspect the new developments progress. This community was unlike any other housing development of this time since all the houses were going to be “owned and peopled by Negro citizens.” The Washington Shores community...
The negative perception of industry is a fairly recent concept and for many years in places like Detroit industry was a marker of innovation, economic mobility, and increased employment. A 1956 study conducted by the Detroit City Plans Commission presents a crucial comprehensive collection of facts and statistics about the current state of industry and its projected growth. In the section entitled...
“The group asked him to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan, but while repeating his longstanding opposition to the organization, the Governor said it did not appear constitutionally possible to abolish it.” On January 10, 1952 The New York Times reported that Governor Warren of Tallahassee, Florida announced that he was increasing the reward for the finding and conviction of the murderers of the Moores’...
Dr. Elaine Knowles Weaver of Ohio State University urges women to “analyze their tasks” in this article posted in the New York Time, 1954. The book cited by Dr. Weaver is “Management in the Home”, a joint effort by three female university professors that seeks to apply scientific, deductive reasoning to everyday household tasks. For the women of this book, logical reasoning is not just preferred...