"The "Chitlin' Circuit" is the collective name given to the string of performance venues throughout the eastern and southern United States that were safe and acceptable for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers to perform in during the age of racial segregation in the United States (from at least the early 19th century through the 1960s) as well as the venues that contemporary African American soul and blues performers, especially in the South, continue to appear at regularly. Throughout Texas, extending Eastward on through Chicago, offeringĬontinuous opportunities for black entertainers." The Chitlin’ Circuit stretched through the South, bending Westward Historically, Baltimore was the first city on the Chitlin' Circuit.
Others begin touring in an effort to “eek” out a living when Jim CrowĪnd segregation was even more prominent in the United States. Ghost" Williams, Eubie Blake, Robert Shaw, Big Joe Williams and many Bell and the Blues Specialists, Roosevelt "Gray The Chitlin’ Circit was the only option for touring BlackĮntertainers such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Clarence “Gatemouth”īrown, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Ike and Tina Turner, B. The eastern and southern United States that catered primarily to African String of music venues, diners, juke joints, and theaters throughout States, the Negro race, freed through emancipation, did not have equalĪccess to public “White Only” places. When Jim Crow and segregation were even more prominent in the United NiceĪ circuit of nightclubs and theaters thatįeature African-American performers and cater especially to Tenacious thread through America's mostly rural (or low-profile urban) Bible Belt." Daddy B. Increasingly in the 21st century, casinos- that support traditional rhythm and blues in a tenuous but Is both a real and symbolic term for the on-and-off-again venues-shoebox-sized bars, clubs, cafes and "The "Chitlin' Circuit," like "Tin Pan Alley" and "Motown" and other legendary music locations,
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