How My Grandparents Helped Shape Chicago’s Blues Industry

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Like millions of black Southerners during the Great Migration, they sought greater freedom and opportunity. They found it in the blues.

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0:38.4	In the 20th century,
0:40.4	millions of black Americans
0:41.7	who lived in southern states
0:43.4	packed up their lives
0:44.7	and headed north to cities like Chicago.
0:47.3	They were drawn by the promise
0:48.8	of greater freedom and better jobs.
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