As the influence of Christianity has been on the wane in recent decades, so has the quality of life in the United States. For many of the old whites that populate this site, there seems to be a tendency to paint the '50's in a negative light, but it wasn't as bad for those of us non whites as you might like to imagine. 

Despite  the very real evils of discriminatory laws, there was , I believe, a sense of freedom then that seems to be missing in today's America.  Most people of color will probably agree that  those of any color who followed the law, there was very little to fear from those who wielded power. I'd gladly give up some of today's technology, for the more civil society I remember from a half century ago, fully realizing that there can be no utopia here on Earth, no matter the era.