Watching Soul Train (the Chicago years)

CTL-E-1330 · Practice · other · 1970–1975

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Saturday viewing of the Black dance/music show born in Chicago — appointment television for Black youth, with a documented ritual of dressing up to attend tapings.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-067; source research type(s): practice.

Sources

WBEZ/NPR, 'The Chicago origins of Soul Train' (Sept 10, 2023)
WBEZ/NPR (Sept 10, 2023) (primary source)

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