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Real Postwar Danger: Teenagers!

The 1950s Rebels

Mostly white artist who felt “beat down” by American culture. Looked for alternative lifestyles (rejected suburbia) They are the rebels, the non- conformists – Ex: Jack Kerouac who wrote “On The Road”

Rock ‘n’ roll = music with a loud and heavy beat. 1 st played by Alan Freed, Cleveland, Ohio Influenced by African American rhythm and blues. SCARED parents! = Generation gap

Fear = African American music will influence white teens!!!

Parents afraid rock n roll would cause children to Misbehave… …So they tried to ban it

1950s FEAR = Teenagers juvenile delinquency = antisocial or criminal behavior of young people The book 1,000,000 Delinquents predicted that by million teens would have criminal records.

Doo-Wop For Lovers Will You Be Mine In the Still of the Night Stand By Me

Women of Rock n Roll My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels I Will Follow Him – Peggy March Soldier Boy – The Shirelles You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore

Little Richard Elvis Chuck Berry

New Dance Moves The Stroll The Fly The Twist

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