CLARK ACCUSED OF REWRITING BANDSTAND‘S RACIAL HISTORY
February 16, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
Dick Clark’s frequent claim that he integrated American Bandstand in the 1950s because “it was the right thing to do” is being challenged in a new book by a Scripps College professor. In The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia, Matt Delmont, an […]
