Post 1945 period in America

The post-1945 period in America showed significant changes in the fabric of the American culture in numerous ways.
The culmination of the second world war marked the beginning of a new era with a distinctively youthful culture. Even the old folks were trying to achieve a common sense of uniformity by sticking to group norms rather than prioritizing individual interests. According to David, Reuel and Nathan (59) conformity would be attributed to the need to meet the expectations of the newly developed peer groups. The society reaffirmed and assumed traditional roles with men retaining their roles as the family breadwinner. Women, on the other hand, were supposed to undertake various house chores regardless of whether they were working. The invention of the cable Television was a trendsetter for changes in the societal social patterns (Rood, 61). The American culture became more independent on mass media for emancipation and entertainment purposes.
The rise of a more youthful population changed the American popular culture with teens developing a personal interest in music and movies. Elvis Presley popularized the rhythm and blue music which later evolved into the rock and roll music. However, Presley and other rock and roll singers proved that the white would also listen to black music. This calls for an integrated relationship within the American culture. Painters such as Jackson Pollock acknowledged the social-cultural revolutions that took place after the World War II.
Some Americans refused to conform to the set cultural norms.

A group of authors formed a literary movement, Beat Generation, which rebelled against the established conventional norms and values (Rood, 34). They were influential in shaping the American culture where they based their argument on intuition rather than reasoning. They also challenged the societal pattern of respectability since most of their literary works were based on a sense of freedom. Novelists such as Jack Kerouac in On the Road hailed to the possibilities of a new and free life. However, poets such as Allen Ginsberg questioned and critiqued the modern civilization.
The post-1945 period in America saw major advances and changes in the development of civil rights for Americans.
The postwar era instigated the African Americans to rebel against denial of their fundamental rights and freedom. They fought for racial equality in the workforce industry and the military. However, their efforts to leave the southern states for the north in the hope of finding jobs were futile since the northern cities were overcrowded and employment opportunities were minimal. Their move to return home was motivated by the denial to be discriminated and being regarded as inferior. Sportsmen and women who were bound by their races broke all odds to play in the nation’s most renown leagues. Examples include Jackie Robinson who is remembered for being an African American player who played for major basketball leagues.
Discrimination of the black Americans soured the relationship between the US and other nations in Africa and Asia. The post-war era was graced with American civil rights movements from most southern states that protested against racial segregation and discrimination. President Harry S. Truman advocated for political equality where all the African Americans would be given an opportunity to vote. During his reign, Truman ordered for investigation of discrimination cases based on racial and religious grounds (Geselbracht, 39). An investigative research proposed the need for the federal government to secure and guarantee all persons their rights and freedom regardless of their race or their religion.
Consistent complaints from the southern states prompted the Congress to draft several bills to address the issue. Truman, on the other hand, passed these bills into law and thus barred discrimination of the African American population in federal employment and deployment in the military services (Geselbracht, 103). Despite all these attempts, blacks from the South were denied the right to vote. Those who were defiant risked losing their jobs or even being evicted from the land. Jim Crow laws were anti-black, and they supported racial segregation in most southern states. The post-war era was graced with heightened mass protests by African Americans in most southern states.
Work cited
Geselbracht, Raymond H. The Civil Rights Legacy of Harry S. Truman. Kirksville, Mo: Truman
State University Press, 2007. Print.
Riesman David, Denney Reuel, and Glazer Nathan. The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing
American Character. New Haven, Conn. [u.a.: Yale Univ. Press, 2001. Print.
Rood, Karen L. American Culture After World War Ii. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Print.