The Chitlin Circuit along with The Great Migration gave especially “black people,” the ability to move away from “Sharecropping,” just another form of slavery, to chase their dreams. The 1920s were roaring, and people forgot that “what goes up must come down.” And after ten years of awesomeness, came ten years of hardship and suffering. And because of Jim Crow, black people suffered hardest. America is the Land of Opportunity!” Still, the wheels of change rolled slowly for black people. From 1870 to 1970 black people were forced to endure, and life as a black entertainer was as dangerous as it was expensive.

The Chitlin Circuit wasn’t just black people singing and dancing for ‘Soul Food,’ the Chitlin Circuit created entrepreneurs during the height of suppression and oppression for blacks in general, while at the same time, offering black entertainers safety, security and opportunity. And I would love to tell you about it.

Tonight in Muzik Detention, we will discuss and maybe debate The Chitlin Circuit, and black life during the years of Jim Crow. Open your ‘muzik’ history books and press play.