- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 294 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- American crossroads ; 32
- Uniform Title
- Nicest kids in town (Online)
- American crossroads ; 32.
- Alternative Title
- Nicest kids in town (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--p. before half-t.p.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-282) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2011038775
- OCLC
- ssj0000614447
- Author
Delmont, Matthew F.
- Title
The nicest kids in town [electronic resource] : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia / Matthew F. Delmont.
- Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
- Series
American crossroads ; 32
American crossroads ; 32.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-282) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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