" (Gilmore, 2008) in fact, it was communists "who promoted and practiced racial equality and considered the South crucial to their success in elevating labor and overthrowing the capitalist system. They were joined in the late 1930s by a radical left to form a southern Popular Front that sought to overturn Jim Crow, elevate the working class, and promote civil rights and civil liberties." (Gilmore, 2008) This is unknown even to many today who would be shocked to learn that it was a form of socialism that urged the civil right movement and in fact made the provision of a great deal of support to these issues. There were many issues beneath the smooth surface of the society in the 1950s. One of these factors was the emerging nuclear weapons and the coming Cold War which changed the face of international relations and politics.
III. STRUGGLE and ISSUES in the 1950S
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