Chitterling Circuit

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The Chitterling Circuit was an informal network of performance venues across the segregated United States where African American entertainers could safely perform during the Jim Crow era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical cultural phenomenon ⓘ
performance venue network ⓘ
segregated entertainment circuit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chitlin Circuit ⓘ
linked to: Chitlin' Circuit
associatedWithEthnicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
associatedWithGenre blues ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
vaudeville-style variety shows ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance preserved and developed African American performance traditions ⓘ
served as a training ground for Black entertainers ⓘ
declineCause end of legal segregation ⓘ
increased access of Black performers to mainstream venues ⓘ
etymology name derives from chitterlings, a traditional soul food made from pig intestines ⓘ
hasCharacteristic African American–oriented ⓘ
informal network ⓘ
provided relative safety for Black performers ⓘ
segregated venues ⓘ
influenced African American stand-up comedy ⓘ
development of rhythm and blues ⓘ
development of rock and roll ⓘ
locatedInRegion American South ⓘ
East Coast of the United States ⓘ
Midwest United States ⓘ
linked to: Midwest
notablePerformer Aretha Franklin ⓘ
B.B. King ⓘ
linked to: B. B. King

James Brown ⓘ
Little Richard ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Redd Foxx ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
notableVenue Apollo Theater ⓘ
Club Ebony ⓘ
Flamingo Club (Las Vegas) ⓘ
Howard Theatre ⓘ
Royal Peacock ⓘ
Victory Grill ⓘ
purpose to offer safe venues under racial segregation ⓘ
to provide performance opportunities for African American entertainers ⓘ
relatedTo Jim Crow laws ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
usedInPeriod Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

early 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ

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Chitlin' Circuit → alsoKnownAs → Chitterling Circuit ⓘ