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1950s neologisms
- DiscoIn the late 1960s, a new sound emerged from the urban nightlife of New York City and Philadelphia. This music grew from African-American, Latino…
- Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett began writing the original French version of his play on the 9th of October 1948. He finished the manuscript just before the 29th of January…
- Rock and rollIn the late 1940s, a new sound began to take shape in the United States. It emerged from a blending of black musical genres like rhythm and blues with…
- Nadir of American race relationsRayford Logan published a book in 1954 that named the years from 1877 to 1901 as the nadir of American race relations. He argued this period marked when…