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Pop Culture During The Cold War Era

Pop Culture During The Cold War Era. By Katie Moyer & Tifffany Meyers. The Nifty Fifties. Film & Literature Reflected the fear of communism & atomic holocaust The movies “The Red Danube” and “The Red Menace”. The Nifty Fifties cont. Civil Rights Movement Blacks wanted to have equal rights

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Pop Culture During The Cold War Era

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  1. Pop Culture DuringThe Cold War Era By Katie Moyer & Tifffany Meyers

  2. The Nifty Fifties • Film & Literature • Reflected the fear of communism & atomic holocaust • The movies “TheRedDanube” and “TheRedMenace”

  3. The Nifty Fifties cont. • Civil Rights Movement • Blacks wanted to have equal rights • Rosa Parks • Brown vs. Board of Education • Taken to Supreme Court • African American children were given the right to learn in the same building as Caucasian children.

  4. The Nifty Fifties cont. • Fashion & Fads • Abstract art • Andy Warhol • Rebel Painters • Dressing Style • Dior & Chanel • People based their styles off of famous actors & actresses • Marilyn Monroe • James Dean • Popular Pastimes • Drive-Ins • Diners

  5. The Nifty Fifties cont. • Music • Birth of Rock & Roll • Elvis “The King” Presley • Sock Hops • New dance moves • Cha Cha, Bosa Nova, & the Stroll • Boys wore their hair in “Duck’s Butt” style

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