“I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent”: Mixed-Race Doo-Wop, Gang Culture, and the War against Rock ’n’ Roll, 1954-1957
Published online on February 26, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Urban History, Volume 52, Issue 3, Page 574-597, May 2026.
Despite its massive mid-century popularity, doo-wop music has received little scholarly attention and has instead been studied by amateur collectors. If doo-wop is rock ’n’ roll’s forgotten genre, no groups have been more neglected than mixed-race ...
Despite its massive mid-century popularity, doo-wop music has received little scholarly attention and has instead been studied by amateur collectors. If doo-wop is rock ’n’ roll’s forgotten genre, no groups have been more neglected than mixed-race ...