The Nicest Kids in Town
American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia (Volume 32)
by Matthew F. Delmont
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appears in About Philadelphia.
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 a...
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