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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Chitlin’ Circuit</b> war ein informelles Netzwerk von <a href="Musiktheater" title="Musiktheater">Musiktheatern</a> im <a href="S%C3%BCdstaaten" title="Südstaaten">Süden</a> und <a href="Ostk%C3%BCste_der_Vereinigten_Staaten" title="Ostküste der Vereinigten Staaten">Osten</a> der <a href="USA" class="mw-redirect" title="USA">USA</a>, die Musikern, <a href="Comedian" class="mw-redirect" title="Comedian">Comedians</a> und sonstigen Bühnenkünstlern <a href="Afroamerikaner" title="Afroamerikaner">afroamerikanischer</a> Herkunft während der <a href="Rassentrennung" title="Rassentrennung">Rassentrennung</a> sichere Auftritte gewährten. Der Name geht zurück auf das traditionelle afroamerikanische <a href="Soul_Food_(K%C3%BCche)" title="Soul Food (Küche)">Soul Food</a> <i><a href="Chitterlings" title="Chitterlings">Chitterlings</a></i> (ausgesprochen <i>Chitlins</i>), ein Gericht aus <a href="Hausschwein" title="Hausschwein">Schweinedarm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rbhof_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbhof-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Der <i>Chitlin’ Circuit</i> war das Karrieresprungbrett von erfolgreichen Künstlern wie beispielsweise <a href="Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a>, <a href="B._B._King" title="B. B. King">B. B. King</a>, <a href="Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>, <a href="Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="The_Supremes" title="The Supremes">The Supremes</a>, <a href="Ike_Turner" title="Ike Turner">Ike</a> & <a href="Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a>, <a href="Patti_LaBelle" title="Patti LaBelle">Patti LaBelle</a>, <a href="Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>, <a href="Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips" title="Gladys Knight & the Pips">Gladys Knight & the Pips</a>, <a href="Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a>, <a href="The_Isley_Brothers" title="The Isley Brothers">The Isley Brothers</a> oder <a href="The_Jackson_5" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jackson 5">The Jackson 5</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rbhof_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbhof-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Zu den wichtigsten Clubs des <i>Chitlin’ Circuit</i> gehörten der <a href="Cotton_Club" title="Cotton Club">Cotton Club</a> und das <a href="Apollo_Theater" title="Apollo Theater">Apollo Theater</a> in <a href="Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a> (<a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>), der Victory Grill in <a href="Austin_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin (Texas)">Austin</a>, das Howard Theatre in <a href="Washington%2C_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a>, das Uptown Theatre in <a href="Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, das Royal Theatre in <a href="Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> und The Fox Theatre in <a href="Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rbhof_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbhof-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Preston Lauterbach: <i>The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock’n’Roll.</i> Norton, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-393-07652-3.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgw_Aag23g">Chitlin Circuit MBT</a> auf YouTube (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUjLuBWC6SM">The Chitlin Circuit</a> auf YouTube (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YANInP5zQ">How Black Musicians Escaped Sundown Towns</a> YouTube (englisch)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-britannica-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-britannica_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-britannica_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-britannica_1-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Roland Martin, René Ostberg: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/chitlin-circuit">Chitlin Circuit</a>. Britannica (englisch), abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2025</span>
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<li id="cite_note-rbhof-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-rbhof_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-rbhof_2-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-rbhof_2-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rbhalloffamemarksms.com/history-of-the-chitlin-circuit/">History of the Chitlin’ Circuit</a>. National R&B Hall of Fame (englisch), abgerufen am 8. Dezember 2025</span>
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