Front Stoops in the Fifties : Baltimore Legends Come of Age /

This book presents the stories of some of Baltimore's most famous personalities as they grew up during the "decade of conformity," in the 1950s. These stories are written through personal interviews and journalistic digging.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Olesker, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
Maryland > Baltimore.
Baltimore (Md.) > Biography.
Baltimore (Md.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Biographies.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The day the fifties ended
  • White boy at doo-wop's dawning / Jerry Leiber
  • Passport across the American racial divide / Clarence Mitchell Jr. and Thurgood Marshall
  • Thrown together on both sides / Fulton Avenue
  • Time and opportunity / Nancy Pelosi and "Big Nancy"
  • The original cast of Grease / Kenny Waissman
  • The vice man cometh / Captain Alexander Emerson
  • The most hated woman in America / Madalyn Murray
  • The diner guy / Barry Levinson
  • "I am an American, too" / Clarence Mitchell Jr. and Thurgood Marshall
  • Hello Towson, hello Pikesville / The suburban exodus
  • The Sun sheds its light / John F. Kennedy
  • The day the sixties started.

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