Illustrations

1.  Philadelphia turns up its nose at Detroit

2.  The Angora Civic Association flier

3.  Teens at West Philadelphia High School prom

4.  Joe’s Snack Bar ad in West Philadelphia High School yearbook

5.  WFIL pitch to potential advertisers

6.  WFIL–adelphia broadcast market

7.  Bob Horn interviews audience members during the daily roll call

8.  By 1955 Bandstand became a space for white teenagers

9.  High School Fellowship Clubs brought together students of different backgrounds

10.  Teenagers participating in discussion on They Shall Be Heard

11.  Students were left to graduate from Thomas Edison High School after new Northeast High School opened

12. & 13.  Before and after pictures depict the loss of the Edison High School’s trophies and history

14.  WCAU-TV “on the scene” report from Little Rock

15.  Racial tensions among teenagers in South Philadelphia following Little Rock

16.  Georgie Woods with his teenage fans

17.  The Re-Vels, one of the most popular teenage vocal harmony groups in Philadelphia

18.  Mitch Thomas debuts on WPFH

19.  WFIL–TV advertisement for Dick Clark and American Bandstand

20.  Cecil B. Moore presents singer Jackie Wilson and deejay Georgie Woods with NAACP awards

21.  American Bandstand opening credits

22.  Dick Clark talks with visiting teens

23.  The American Bandstand Yearbook, 1958, picked up the station map theme

24.  American Bandstand’s regular dancers became stars

25.  Philadelphia Tribune advertisement for “Dick Clark American Bandstand Shoes”

26.  Close-up shot of dancers’ feet

27.  American Bandstand teens’” new” version of the Stroll