{"product_id":"the-nicest-kids-in-town-american-bandstand-rock-n-roll-and-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-in-1950s-philadelphia-volume-32-9780520272088","title":"The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia Volume 32","description":"\u003ci\u003eAmerican Bandstand, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAmerican Bandstand, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAmerican Bandstand's\u003c\/i\u003e studio mobilized to maintain all-white neighborhoods and how local school officials reinforced segregation long after Brown vs. Board of Education. \u003ci\u003eThe Nicest Kids in Town\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully illustrates how national issues and history have their roots in local situations, and how nostalgic representations of the past, like the musical film \u003ci\u003eHairspray, \u003c\/i\u003e based on the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Bandstand\u003c\/i\u003e era, can work as impediments to progress in the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6119146\"\u003eMatthew F. Delmont\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520272088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520272080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036080\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL004000\"\u003eCivil Rights\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC020000\"\u003eMinority Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew F. Delmont \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of American Studies at Scripps College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44443339751661,"sku":"9780520272088","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_53218dc1-0899-4dc3-a3ba-ca56291cf35e.jpg?v=1700228734","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-nicest-kids-in-town-american-bandstand-rock-n-roll-and-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-in-1950s-philadelphia-volume-32-9780520272088","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}