1957

Presley, also known as the “King of Rock and Roll”, achieved his fame as a singer and actor in this era. Dr. Seuss, one of my favorite children's book author with an idiosyncratic writing style, published his ever so popular book, The Cat in the Hat, in 1957. Some other prominent people include Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra, both of whom were influential in their roles as talented musical artists. Last but not least, Martin Luther King Junior was a key figure who became the leader of the…

radio station. He was an uprising star when a tragic plane crash belted him down in 1959 at age 22. November 27, 1957 Brunswick Records released The “Chirping” Crickets album. "The Crickets" band included leader singer Buddy Holly and Earl Sinks, Niki Sullivan guitar player, Joe B. Mauldin a Bassist. One of my favorite songs in the album is "That'll Be the Day" that was issued on May of 1957. Holly got…

Throughout the film, Eve White visited Dr. Luther's office many times. Dr. Luther was more of a psychodynamic psychiatrist. His treatment for Eve White’s condition consisted of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy. These types of treatments are what is commonly used when treating patients with dissociative identity disorder (Heffner, 2001). Eve first went to the psychiatrist because she was experiencing severe headaches and blinding. Then she mentioned how she also experienced a blackout while she was…

coming to a conclusion and finishing their duties as soon as possible. On multiple occasions of the preliminary discussions jurors states things such as “What do you think you are going to accomplish you won’t change anybody’s mind (Fonda & Lumet, 1957).” Ivancevich, Konopaske, & Matteson (2011.) define this as groupthink or the desire for conformity as a result of dysfunctional decision making, furthermore members attempt to reach a consensus without critical analysis of each point. Peer…

The FBI by this point knew how important presenting themselves to the public was. This is seen clearly in the memo from May 14th of 1957. In this document, they discussed who exactly is going to be a part of the filming crew and on camera when the Disney studios crew came to the FBI. The fact that the young boy who is going to be on screen is a member of the Boy Scouts is heavily emphasized…

neither of these announcements are bolstered by observational proof, what is the watchful peruser to accept? While Wolf alludes to a recording studio as a ‘emotional factory’(Wolf,1957), John Huntley and Roger Manville clarify that there’s dependably been some type of relationship in the middle of music and films.(Huntley,1957). Despite its belongings, a great many people concur that music is a basic peace of film. The significance of film scores does not ensure regard for its creation, As…

1950s Sports Following WWII, many Americans enjoyed a thriving economy and access to a range of new time-saving technologies. “With more money to spend and an excess of leisure time, people turned to sports for recreation and entertainment.” (Sports in America in the 1950s) Baseball was paramount in America, but other sports competed for the nation’s attention. Boxing and Golf were also very popular to sports fans in America, Rocky Marciano went on his historical, undefeated run between…

extremely famous case because it was the start of desegregation in schools. Although this was passed in 1954, it was not until 1957 that students from Little Rock High School took their big step towards equality.…

In 1955, Robinson returned to the ring. Although he had been inactive for two and a half years, his work as a dancer kept him in peak physical condition: in his autobiography, Robinson states that in the weeks leading up to his debut for a dancing engagement in France, he ran five miles every morning, and then danced for five hours each night. Robinson even stated that the training he did in his attempts to establish a career as a dancer were harder than any he undertook during his boxing career…

company, Grunenthal, in 1954. Originally, the company marketed the drug as an over-the-counter sedative to treat anxiety and sleeplessness; however, beginning in 1957, the drug was primarily used to alleviate nausea or morning sickness during pregnancy. Thousands of pregnant women, in over 45 countries, were prescribed Thalidomide from 1957-1962. It was not known until 1961 that the drug had serious side effects and was directly associated to causing birth defects. There are no firm statistics…