|
As Finnbow said the 1950s were a very mixed bag...African Americans in the South could not vote and still faced the aparthied of separate (and certainly not equal) accomodations and schools. Plessy vs.Ferguson was still in effect. I think Citizens United will probably be mentioned as perhaps the second worse decision of the Court behind Plessy vs Ferguson.
Interestingly enough LBJ as the Senate Majority leader and Eisenhower were able to work together to get Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed. Not as stong as LBJ's later Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s it did recognize the need to ensure voting rights in the South.
Too bad both Parties cannot work together today like Ike and LBJ could sometimes.
__________________
Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.
|