MARC Record from Library of Congress

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082 00 $a323.1196/073074811$223
100 1 $aDelmont, Matthew F.
245 14 $aThe nicest kids in town :$bAmerican bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia /$cMatthew F. Delmont.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c2012.
263 $a1203
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aAmerican crossroads ;$v32
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
651 0 $aPhiladelphia (Pa.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSegregation$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zPennsylvania$zPhiladelphia$xHistory$y20th century.
630 00 $aAmerican Bandstand (Television program)
650 0 $aMinorities on television.