03973nam 22006855 450 991045787330332120210130002447.01-280-11150-X97866135206920-520-95160-310.1525/9780520951600(CKB)2550000000083695(EBL)848954(OCoLC)775871101(SSID)ssj0000614447(PQKBManifestationID)11412234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000614447(PQKBWorkID)10604909(PQKB)10641758(StDuBDS)EDZ0001535314(DE-B1597)520402(OCoLC)784363716(DE-B1597)9780520951600(MiAaPQ)EBC848954(EXLCZ)99255000000008369520200424h20122012 fg engur||#||||||||txtccrThe Nicest Kids in Town American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950's Philadelphia /Matthew F. DelmontBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2012]©20121 online resource (312 p.)American Crossroads ;32Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27207-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Making Philadelphia Safe for "WFIL-adelphia" --2. They Shall Be Heard --3. The de Facto Dilemma --4. From Little Rock to Philadelphia --5. The Rise of Rock and Roll in Philadelphia --6. "They'll Be Rockin' on Bandstand, in Philadelphia, P.A." --7. Remembering American Bandstand, Forgetting Segregation --8. Still Boppin' on Bandstand --Conclusion: Everybody Knows about American Bandstand --Notes --IndexAmerican 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 Clark's 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 history-civil rights, rock and roll, television, and the emergence of a youth culture-as he tells how white families around American Bandstand's 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.American CrossroadsAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaSegregationHistory20th centuryPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaCivil rights movementsHistory20th centuryPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaMinorities on televisionPhiladelphia (Pa.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryElectronic books.African AmericansCivil rightsHistorySegregationHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryMinorities on television323.1196073074811Delmont Matthew F.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1040668DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910457873303321The Nicest Kids in Town2463712UNINA