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Front stoops in the fifties : Baltimore legends come of age / Michael Olesker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olesker, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baltimore (Md.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Baltimore (Md.).
- Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 230 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- The Day the Fifties Ended 1
- White Boy at Doo-Wop's Dawning / Jerry Leiber Leiber, Jerry 16
- Passport across the American Racial Divide / Clarence Mitchell Jr. Mitchell, Clarence, Jr., Thurgood Marshall Marshall, Thurgood 32
- Thrown Together on Both Sides / Fulton Avenue Avenue, Fulton 48
- Time and Opportunity / Nancy Pelosi Pelosi, Nancy, "Big Nancy" Nancy", "Big 68
- The Original Cast of Grease / Kenny Waissman Waissman, Kenny 84
- The Vice Man Cometh / Captain Alexander Emerson Emerson, Captain Alexander 98
- The Most Hated Woman in America / Madalyn Murray Murray, Madalyn 116
- The Diner Guy / Barry Levinson Levinson, Barry 138
- "I Am an American, Too" / Clarence Mitchell Jr. Mitchell, Clarence, Jr., Thurgood Marshall Marshall, Thurgood 152
- Hello Towson, Hello Pikesville: The Suburban Exodus 176
- The Sun Sheds Its Light / John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John F. 194
- The Day the Sixties Started 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781421411606
- 1421411601
- OCLC:
- 841051182
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