The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia / Matthew F. Delmont.

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Main Author: Delmont, Matthew F.
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:American crossroads ; 32.
Subjects:
American Bandstand (Television program)
African Americans > Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Segregation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Music and race.
Rock music > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History and criticism.
Minorities on television.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xi, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Making Philadelphia safe for "WFIL-adelphia": television, housing, and defensive localism in Bandstand's backyard
  • They shall be heard: local television as a civil rights battleground
  • The de facto dilemma: fighting segregation in Philadelphia public schools
  • From Little Rock to Philadelphia: making de facto school segregation a media issue
  • The rise of rock and roll in Philadelphia: Georgie Woods, Mitch Thomas, and Dick Clark
  • "They'll be rockin' on Bandstand, in Philadelphia, P.A.": imagining national youth culture on American bandstand
  • Remembering American bandstand, forgetting segregation
  • Still boppin' on Bandstand: American dreams, Hairspray, and American bandstand in the 2000s
  • Conclusion: everybody knows about American bandstand.