Illustrations 1. Philadelphia turns up its nose at Detroit / 18 2. The Angora Civic Association fl ier / 20 3. Teens at West Philadelphia High School prom / 27 4. Joe’s Snack Bar ad in West Philadelphia High School yearbook / 28 5. WFIL pitch to potential advertisers / 32 6. WFIL–adelphia broadcast market / 33 7. Bob Horn interviews audience members during the daily roll call / 40 8. By 1955 Bandstand became a space for white teenagers / 46 9. High School Fellowship Clubs brought together students of different backgrounds / 55 10. Teenagers participating in discussion on They Shall Be Heard / 61 11. Students were left to graduate from Thomas Edison High School after new Northeast High School opened / 89 12. & 13. Before and after pictures depict the loss of the Edison High School’s trophies and history / 90 14. WCAU- TV “on the scene” report from Little Rock / 104 vii viii | Illustrations 15. Racial tensions among teenagers in South Philadelphia following Little Rock / 105 16. Georgie Woods with his teenage fans / 130 17. The Re- Vels, one of the most pop u lar teenage vocal har- mony groups in Philadelphia / 133 18. Mitch Thomas debuts on WPFH / 135 19. WFIL- TV advertisement for Dick Clark and American Bandstand / 139 20. Cecil B. Moore presents singer Jackie Wilson and deejay Georgie Woods with NAACP awards / 152 21. American Bandstand opening credits / 162 22. Dick Clark talks with visiting teens / 163 23. The American Bandstand Yearbook, 1958, picked up the station map theme / 164 24. American Bandstand’s regular dancers became stars / 169 25. Philadelphia Tribune advertisement for “Dick Clark American Bandstand Shoes” / 170 26. Close- up shot of dancers’ feet / 171 27. American Bandstand teens’ “new” version of the Stroll / 172.