Held on July 12, 1979, Disco Demolition Night was a between-games promotion held during doubleheader featuring the Chicago White Sox and Detroit
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When a loudmouthed DJ tried to kill disco, the homophobic and racist implications were impossible to ignore, by New Visions
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Disco Sucks Unisex Retro T-shirt – Bygone Brand
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SS T-Shirt, Disco Sucks Night – Clarksville Originals
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This Museum Exhibit Will Teach You About the Night Disco Died
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From the Dugout: White Sox commemorate disastrous promotion, Sports
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Watch Disco Demolition Night unfold in real time.
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The Night Rock Fans Rioted to Kill Disco — at a Chicago Baseball Game
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The Disco Sucks EP
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Remembering Disco Demolition Night 43 years later
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Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died: Dahl, Steve, Hoekstra, Dave, Natkin, Paul, Odenkirk, Bob: 9781940430751: : Books
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Flashback Friday: Disco Demolition Night - The T-Dub Journal
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ESPN story about Disco Demolition - July 12, 1979
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Disco Demolition Night draws LGBTQ backlash, 40 years later