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California Perspectives on American History

Homogenization, Protests & Outright Rebellion: 1950s

Coach Powles’s Athletes Find Successview slideshow »

  • Coach George Powles speaks with McClymonds High School basketball players Frank Robinson and Brady Hord #
  • Contra Costa Athletic League's All-Star basketball team for the 1948–49 season #
  • Four Oakland Larks pitchers #
  • Basketball star Bill Russell #
  • Artie Wilson slides into home with one of the runs that lead the Oaks to an 8-3 victory over the Hollywood Stars #

Civil Rights on the Battlefield and in the Courtsread more »view slideshow »

  • Returning Korean War POWs, Pvt. Jessie M. Robertson, of Montgomery, Alabama (middle) and Pfc. Antonio Matos-Rodriguez, or Puerto Rico (right) arrive at Travis Air Force Base #
  • California's Democratic leaders socialize at a 1959 event promoting Missouri Senator Stuart Symington's nomination as the presidential candidate for the party #
  • Former Korean War POW, Pfc. Benjamin D. Tolerson is hugged by his parents after arriving at Fort Mason in San Francisco, California #

Highways to Suburbanizationread more »view slideshow »

  • Highway 24 and the 680 freeway split in Walnut Creek, California #
  • Urban Edge #

Native Americans Move to the City—The Urban Relocation Programread more »view slideshow »

  • Hupa Indian Reservation, Klamath River #

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  • Homogenization, Protests & Outright Rebellion: 1950s
  • Unforgettable Change: 1960s
  • Cultural Realignment & Economic Recession: 1970s
  • The Reagan Years: 1980s
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