Posted on Thursday, 19th April 2012 by dhoho
American Bandstand is the popular national television program in the late of fifties was broadcast from Philadelphia. The TV show based on American music performance, hosted and produced by Dick Clark. American Bandstand was directed at discriminated teenagers against black youth during its early years and how black teens and civil rights advocate protested this racial discrimination. The Philadelphia city, at that time had become a civil right battleground. Matthew F. Delmont books “The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia (American Crossroads)” explain the detail story about [...] Continue Reading…
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