Question

What important demographic shift occurred in the 1950s

Answer 1

Brown v. Board of education. Civil Rights movement started to pick up momentum. Many whites started moving to the suburbs and away from the inner city. Many rural and small town kids left the farm to go to college and not return to the farm.

Answer 2

This was referred to as the "Great Suburban Shift" and occurred when many of the memebers of the "Greatest Generation" moved from the city to the suburbs to raise children.