An Analysis Of The Rock And Roll Movement In All Shook Up

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“Rock n’ Roll” as we know it today had a huge impact on all races and social classes during its early decades. Rock and roll most certainly posed a threat to the middle class propriety. With this new style of music arising and the mass culture shift taking place, the middle class began noticing individuals not conforming to (what was believed to be) acceptable standards of behavior. The novel All Shook Up gives great examples and explains just why and how rock n’ roll posed such a threat to this particular group of individuals and their beliefs.
From pages 35-37, the author (Glenn Altschuler) states that the rock n’ roll movement is the black race asserting themselves socially. The landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education

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