The fabulous 1950s exploded with changes and progress. An innocent era of cool music, movies, television, and stars...

LEADERS Dalai Lama Billy Graham Jawaharlal Nehru MUSICIANS Leonard Bernstein Chuck Berry James Brown Johnny Cash Patsy Cline Miles Davis B. B. King Elvis Presley Leontyne Price Hank Williams PIONEERS William Bernbach Charles Ginsburg Hugh Hefner Ray Kroc Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Linus Pauling Jonas Salk Chuck Yeager

PLACES Disneyland SCREEN STARS Brigitte Bardot Marlon Brando Bette Davis Doris Day James Dean Audrey Hepburn Marilyn Monroe Natalie Wood SPORTS STARS Roger Bannister Joe DiMaggio Mickey Mantle Casey Stengel

TELEVISION Steve Allen Lucille Ball David Brinkley Walter Cronkite Jackie Gleason Bob Hope Jerry Lewis WHITE HOUSE Dwight Eisenhower Mamie Doud Eisenhower WRITERS Truman Capote Ralph Ellison Robert Heinlein Jack Kerouac Carson McCullers Ayn Rand J. D. Salinger Dr. Seuss Dylan Thomas TIMELINES B.C. 12th-15th Century 16th-17th Century Wild West Jazz Age Depression 1960s