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The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia
- Title
- The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia / Matthew F. Delmont.
- Author
- Delmont, Matthew F.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 294 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- American crossroads ; 32
- Uniform Title
- American crossroads ; 32.
- Subjects
- American Bandstand (Television program)
- Minorities on television
- Civil rights movements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
- Black author
- Segregation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century
- Television programs > United States > History
- 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.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-688
- ISBN
- 9780520272071 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 0520272072 (cloth : acid-free paper)
- 9780520272088 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- 0520272080 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2011038775
- OCLC
- 754389860
- Author
- Delmont, Matthew F.
- Title
- The nicest kids in town : 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 ; 32American crossroads ; 32.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-282) and index.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-688