One part history, one part personal recollections, one part music.  A return to another time - the golden age of capitalism versus the encroaching concern of communism.  At home, happy days.  I like Ike and I Love Lucy.  Nationally and even globally, a dynamic decade that was culturally transactional - an evolving 'time hyphen' between the patriotic '40s and the defiant '60s.  From the standpoint and through the lens of 2024, let's review and decide - the '50s - American pie, jolly jingle or requiem?

This is a shared class with South Coast Senior College.