The nicest kids in town [electronic resource] : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia / Matthew F. Delmont.
Delmont, Matthew F.
2012
F158.9.N4 D45 2012eb
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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.
Author Delmont, Matthew F.
ISBN 9780520951600 (electronic bk.)
9780520272071
9780520272088
Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 294 p.) : ill.
Call Number F158.9.N4 D45 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 323.1196/073074811
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series American crossroads ; 32.
Available in Other Form Nicest kids in town.
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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.

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