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Black Chicago’s influence on America

    View of American Blues musician Buddy Guy (right), along with a group of unidentified others, at his nightclub, Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago Illinois, January 4, 2020. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
    View of American Blues musician Buddy Guy (right), along with a group of unidentified others, at his nightclub, Buddy Guy's Legends, Chicago Illinois, January 4, 2020. (Paul Natkin/Getty Images)

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    "Soul Train." "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The blues. For decades, Black Chicagoans have shaped American pop culture.

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    Arionne Nettles, Journalist. Author of the new book We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything. Lecturer and director of audio journalism programming at Northwestern University’s Medill School.

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