The 1950s was the time that Civil Rights issues were coming
             to a head. African Americans were making bold steps
             forward, becoming heard and becoming seen. Unfortunately,
             many Whites resisted these steps forward, refusing to hear
             and recognize these "invisible people." People's ignorance
             closed the doors of opportunity to many well-qualified and
             deserving Black people. Even though many laws were passed,
             the South was predominantly and publicly against integration
             and the North was secretly racist and openly opposed. More
             than laws had to change in American society. America's eyes
             were soon wide open to the injustices that happened
             everyday, all over the country. The social upheaval of the
             1950s took place, not only on the streets, the court-rooms,
             and in the home, but in the theater as well. While Civil
             Rights were finally coming in to the public eye through the
             new television media, play-writes pushed the issue further,
             putting racial stereotypes and discrimination in the
             The inspiration for plays such as Member of the
             Wedding, Trouble in Mind, A Medal for Willie, and Raisin in
             the Sun came from the everyday living conditions that
             America had been turning a blind eye to. The public was
             desegregated through Supreme Court rulings starting with
             Brown vs. The Board of Education. Brown vs. The Board of
             Education decision said that segregated schools were
             unconstitutional. This decision was practically impossible
             to enforce on the Southern States that held that the
             decision to segregate, or to DEsegregate for that matter,
             was completely up to the State. The most severe show of
             resistance was in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Governor
             Orval Faubus was openly against nine high achieving Black
             students entering all-white Little Rock Central High School.
             The resistance was so, that Governor Faubus announced that
             the students would have neither protection from the mobs of
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