Author:
Delmont, Matthew F.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
Descriptionxi, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--p. before half-t.p.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-282) and index.
