By Joe Owens 17

The Teenage Rebellion

Before the 1950s no one had heard of, let alone experienced, the Teenage Rebellion. The word “teenager” came to prominence around 1955 with the emergence of an Integrated Doo Wop (rhythm and blues) group called The Teenagers (later changed to Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers). The group consisted of two blacks, two Hispanics, and one white, with Negro Frankie...