Under Jim Crow, many venues refused Black performers. The Black community built the Chitlin’ Circuit, a network of church basements, barbershops, lodges, cafés, and juke joints that booked bands, paid cash, fed them, and found a safe bed. This episode shows how that route outsmarted Jim Crow, the people who ran it, the risks on the road, and how it powered R&B and Rock & Roll.
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