Did that have any effect on the Civil Rights movement that began in the 1950s

1890s borns are part of the "Lost Generation", also known as the WWI, Doughboy, or "Geezer" generation. They were the last generation to truly appreciate what Gilded Age/Late Victorian/Edwardian lifestlyes had consisted of, and are very formal compared to their younger counterparts. They enjoyed Ragtime music during adolesence and viewed Jazz/Blues as the "Devil's music", and were avid easy listening fans and enjoyed listening to their favorite song stylists along with more highbrow music that younger generations couldn't appreciate. They were also the first generation to grow up with motion pictures (even if just a few minutes early on) and for many families, the first to purchase an automobile. They were also the primary producers of 1920s culture, whose writers about the decade known for prohibition were given that label after the Depression hit. Of course this was the underground, as the majority of people lived normal lives as in any time.

Most of them retired in the Post-WWII period and with the large supply of their younger GI/Greatest Generation peers coming back to work, the transition was very smooth. If anything it helped progress the Civil Rights movement due to their much more conservative views compared to their younger peers (especially for the southerners in which many were drafted and experienced new cultures while on duty during WWII compared to their 1890s-born counterparts, many who were raised with grandfathers as Confederate Veterans and good memories of the Antebellum Era.

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Why would they retire? They continued to work.