This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Mary Lou Williams, a jazz pianist who performed with and composed for many of the great jazz artists of the 1940s and '50s. This site, rich in detail and breadth...

This page contains information about Steamer Day that took place in San Francisco in the late 1800s.

Jack de Lorme was a photographer for the Calgary Sun in the 1950s. His photographs form the basis for this exhibit which explores the city of Calgary at that time. It is designed for Grades 3 to 6. This was a critical time in Calgary's...

An excerpt from a book on Senator Joseph McCarthy. Includes a description of his life and career and details the impact his actions and ideas had on America in the 1950's.

This site provides a very large collection of web resources for a study of American culture during the fifties. Some links no longer work.

This University of Pennsylvania site offers a review of Ralph Ellison's novel, "Invisible Man."

This site offers a review of Ellison's "Invisible Man" by Irving Howe which was first published in "The Nation" May 10, 1952. Provides a link to more information on Ellison.

This site from the University of Pennsylvania offers a negative review of Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" by Lloyd Brown.

This site from the University of Pennsylvania offers the text to the prefatory letter to the teacher from the book UNDERSTANDING POETRY AND ANTHOLOGY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.

This personal site offers an article written by Herbert Mitgang. The article was an overview on how the FBI and other agencies harassed and targeted Ginsburg and other authors it deemed "potentially dangerous".