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    Chitlin’ Circuit & Club Ebony: Black Music, Culture & History

    Chitlin’ Circuit & Club Ebony: Black Music, Culture & History

    Explore the Chitlin' Circuit's history as a vital training ground for Black musicians and Club Ebony's role as a cultural hub, fostering community, entrepreneurship, and musical innovation in the segregated South.

    How a Newspaper Revolution Led to the ‘Wide Awakes’—and the Civil War

    How a Newspaper Revolution Led to the ‘Wide Awakes’—and the Civil War

    Adding militaristic uniforms, torch-lit midnight rallies, and an open eye as their all-seeing symbol, a new movement was born, which I chronicle in my recent book, Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War.