So there's no question about it: by the mid-fifties, America was definitely in a Golden Era, an era of excitement and opportunity for all citizens, regardless of race or creed or color, unless the person happened to be black. Then there was a problem.

— Dave Barry Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States (1989)

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