The Resource The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia, Matthew F. Delmont
The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia, Matthew F. Delmont
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The item The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia, Matthew F. Delmont represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520951600
- Label
- The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia
- Title
- The nicest kids in town
- Title remainder
- American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew F. Delmont
- Title variation
- American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- American Bandstand (Television program)
- American Bandstand (Television program)
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- History
- Minorities on television
- Minorities on television
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Television | History & Criticism
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Segregation -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- CDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Delmont, Matthew F
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- American crossroads
- Series volume
- 32
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African Americans
- Segregation
- Civil rights movements
- Minorities on television
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- PERFORMING ARTS
- HISTORY
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- Minorities on television
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Pennsylvania
- Label
- The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia, Matthew F. Delmont
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn784363716
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520951600
- Lccn
- 2011038775
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
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- 9786613520692
- 40020606694
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 352069
- 65cd21e3-72f2-4f02-bb40-1d8ca1aa2032
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)784363716
- Label
- The nicest kids in town : American bandstand, rock 'n' roll, and the struggle for civil rights in 1950s Philadelphia, Matthew F. Delmont
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn784363716
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520951600
- Lccn
- 2011038775
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
-
- 9786613520692
- 40020606694
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 352069
- 65cd21e3-72f2-4f02-bb40-1d8ca1aa2032
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)784363716
Subject
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- American Bandstand (Television program)
- American Bandstand (Television program)
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- History
- Minorities on television
- Minorities on television
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Television | History & Criticism
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Segregation -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
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