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Whites Invent 'Rock And Roll' (1955)
Authorities Assure Public That Negroes Had Nothing To Do With Popular Music Form
November 21, 1955—White teen-agers across the nation are cheering the latest product of American ingenuity today, as a new white-devised music form is sweeping the land. It is called "Rock and Roll," and young people are dancing to its exciting, Caucasian beat.
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