LOS ANGELES — Dick Clark, the youthful-looking television personality who literally introduced rock ‘n’ roll to much of the nation on “American Bandstand” and for four decades was the first and last ...

Last month the pioneering TV broadcaster Don Cornelius died at the age of 75. As the host of “Soul Train,” many obituaries described Cornelius as the “African-American Dick Clark,” the legendary host ...

Yesterday, we published the first part of an interview with Matt Delmont, author of The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950's Philadelphia ...

In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, everyone knew Bob and Justine, Kenny and Arlene, and Ed and Bunny. They were some of the most famous kids in America, dancing every day on “American Bandstand.’’ “We ...

PHILADELPHIA — Matthew F. Delmont set out to write about how the 1950s dance show American Bandstand was an integrated bastion of pop culture, mixing Philadelphia’s black and white teens on television ...

"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--p. before half-t.p. siris_sil_986636 ...

For more than 50 years, "the world's oldest teenager" was one of pop culture's most familiar figures. Dick Clark, 'Bandstand' Host, Dies At 82 Dick Clark, affectionately known as the "world's oldest ...

Dick Clark's American Bandstand television program is iconic, but was it really an early promoter of racial integration? The question is one extensively delved into by Scripps College American Studies ...