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How has the Black Chicago accent retained its Southern roots?

Curious City by WBEZ Chicago

Apr 22, 202600:06:48Arts

How have Black Chicagoans kept so many features of the Southern dialect? To answer starts with the Great Migration.

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How has the Black Chicago accent retained its Southern roots? is an episode from Curious City by WBEZ Chicago. How have Black Chicagoans kept so many features of the Southern dialect? To answer starts with the Great Migration. The episode w...

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