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Black History Month & American Bandstand

Black History Month & American Bandstand

In an article in the online magazine Root, Delmont sums up his thoughts about Clark and his show. “We often use the history of popular culture to talk about the history of race in America. We don't want to remember all-American American Bandstand as discriminating against black teenagers. And that says more about our desire to embrace a more comforting narrative of racial progress than it does about Clark's legacy…

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