How has the Black Chicago accent retained its Southern roots?
About this episode
This episode explores how Black Chicagoans have maintained features of the Southern dialect through the Great Migration.
How have Black Chicagoans kept so many features of the Southern dialect? To answer starts with the Great Migration.
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