Historic Walker County
An illustrated history of the city of Huntsville, Texas, and the Walker County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the city of Huntsville, Texas, and the Walker County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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C H A P T E R<br />
V I I<br />
A TRYING TIME, 1945-68<br />
B Y C A R O L Y N A . C A R R O L L<br />
T H E P O S T W A R B O O M<br />
The United States emerged from World War II as the most powerful nation on earth. “What Rome<br />
was to the ancient world,” wrote journalist Walter Lippmann, “America is to be to the world of<br />
tomorrow.” With its allies, the U.S. had defeated tyrannical regimes in Nazi Germany and Japan; it had<br />
helped establish peace and stability with the formation of the United Nations; and America had the<br />
largest and most robust economy in the world. Yet, peace did not usher in an era of domestic<br />
tranquility or international harmony. On the contrary, the two decades that followed the war witnessed<br />
dramatic civil rights demonstrations and protracted military conflicts as Americans struggled to<br />
overcome their own domestic problems while fighting a Cold War against the Soviet Union.<br />
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A student protester marches around<br />
the <strong>Walker</strong> <strong>County</strong> Courthouse, 1965.<br />
COURTESY OF THE SAM HOUSTON STATE<br />
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES.<br />
C h a p t e r V I I ✦ 4 1
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