Arda Jean shares what some of the major events of the 1950s were like from her perspective. She shares her experience living in South Carolina during and after Brown V. Board of Education desegregated schools. She shares how she learned of the prejudice of the southern people, including the members of the Church, after Grandpa tried to invite a black coworker and friend of his to church with him. She also shares the awe and excitement she experienced about the Space Race, the fun she had listening to Pat Boone and Elvis, and what it was like to take her children to Disneyland when it new and novel.