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The Nicest Kids in Town - American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia (Hardcover, New)
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The Nicest Kids in Town - American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia (Hardcover, New)
Series: American Crossroads, 32
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"American Bandstand, " one of the most popular television shows
ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when
that city had become a battleground for civil rights. Counter to
host Dick ClarkOCOs claims that he integrated "American Bandstand,
" this book reveals how the first national television program
directed at teens discriminated against black youth during its
early years and how black teens and civil rights advocates
protested this discrimination. Matthew F. Delmont brings together
major themes in American historyOCocivil rights, rock and roll,
television, and the emergence of a youth cultureOCoas he tells how
white families around "American BandstandOCOs" studio mobilized to
maintain all-white neighborhoods and how local school officials
reinforced segregation long after Brown vs. Board of Education.
"The Nicest Kids in Town" powerfully illustrates how national
issues and history have their roots in local situations, and how
nostalgic representations of the past, like the musical film
"Hairspray, " based on the "American Bandstand" era, can work as
impediments to progress in the present.
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