Use the TABLE OF CONTENTS or the INDEX of the book or eBook to target your research. You may want to examine a variety of books, just to get a sense of what is available to you.
Search for books available at Robinson Secondary School through our Library Catalog. You may also want to visit the stacks and visually scan for books (for example, you will find many reference works covering the 1950s in the 973 section of our library).
To give you a head start, some of the books you may want to consider are linked below. Please do not limit yourself to these books, but rather use them to find the shelf location for similar topics in the Nonfiction section of Robinson's Library.
Race Relations in the United States, 1940-1960 by 
A New Deal for Women by 
Gidgets and Women Warriors by 
Civil Rights Movement by 
The 1950s Decade in Photos by 
The Fifties in America by 
USA 1950s by You will have direct access to the databases while in school but will need a password from home. (Click here for the password; you need to be logged in to your school Google account to view the document).
