The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia Volume 32

by Delmont and Matthew F. Delmont

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520272080
• ISBN13: 9780520272088
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"