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The nicest kids in town :

(Number (ISBN

0520272080

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0520951603

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128011150X

(Number (ISBN

6613520691

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9780520272088

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9780520951600

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9781280111501

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9786613520692

Erroneous ISBN

0520272072

Erroneous ISBN

9780520272071

Erroneous ISBN

9780520272088

Title Proper

The nicest kids in town :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia /

First Statement of Responsibility

Matthew F. Delmont.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berkeley :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2012.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Series Title

American crossroads ;

Volume Designation

32

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

"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 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."--

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

MIL

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

352069

Stock Number

65CD21E3-72F2-4F02-BB40-1D8CA1AA2032

Title

Nicest kids in town.

International Standard Book Number

9780520272071

Parallel Title

American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia

American Bandstand (Television program)

American Bandstand (Television program)

African Americans-- Civil rights-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- History-- 20th century.

Civil rights movements-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- History-- 20th century.

Minorities on television.

Segregation-- Pennsylvania-- Philadelphia-- History-- 20th century.

African Americans-- Civil rights.

Civil rights movements.

History & Archaeology.

HISTORY-- United States-- General.

Minorities on television.

PERFORMING ARTS-- Television-- History & Criticism.

Race relations.

Regions & Countries - Americas.

Segregation.

United States Local History.

Philadelphia (Pa.), Race relations, History, 20th century.

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Delmont, Matthew F.

Date of Transaction

20200822114905.0

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[Book]

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