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How Did This Rural Town Become a Stop on the Chitlin’ Circuit? | Origins

So many towns across America created for and by Black Americans have vanished but a few keep going. How did Hobson City, Alabama—a small, rural town—survive 125 years and become a notable stop in the Chitlin’ Circuit?

This episode explores one town's fight for independence from Jim Crow to today.