About this episode

This episode explores the survival and significance of Hobson City, Alabama, a historic Black town in the context of the Chitlin' Circuit and its fight against Jim Crow.

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.

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