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Soul Train: How Chicago birthed the “hippest trip in America”
Published 3 years, 1 month ago
Description
For more than 3 decades, Soul Train brought the coolest music and dancers
to TV sets across the country. It also featured the coolest host, Don Cornelius, who
started the program in Chicago in a studio the size of a small living room at WCIU
Channel 26. On the 53rd anniversary of Soul Train going national, we take you back
to its earliest days, and see how it still looms large over local culture.