A certain romantic idea exists that 50's rock 'n' roll helped pave the way to desegregation, as white youth embraced for the first time a genre created by African-Americans, and concert-goers supposedly literally toppled race barriers. Was rock 'n' roll really a significant factor in desegregation?
by /u/JJVMT in /r/AskHistorians
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