I agree with you Red. My memories of the 50's (I was age 1 to 11 in that time) are very fond. But I was the product of a white family in NH. I had no understanding whatsoever of what the black population especially, but not only, in the south was facing. Nor did I understand that women were expected to a great degree to stay at home or be teachers (many very happily I might ad! That's a good thing for them!) So while I am often tempted to refer to that era as a "kinder, gentler time", that's only from my very limited experience. For many, it was anything but that.
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