How has the Black Chicago accent retained its Southern roots?

There’s a Southern twang in the Black Chicago accent, even though many Black Chicagoans are generations removed from the ...
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‘This is how I speak’: The influence of the Black Chicago accent

South Sider Arionne Nettles didn't realize she had an accent "until I went to school in the South and people thought I talked ...
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Why ‘da pope’s’ Chicago accent is so comforting to U.S. Catholics

ROME — Last week, Stephen Colbert, the famously Catholic former Chicagoan, surprised the world and himself when he got a bit verklempt while talking about the election of Pope Leo XIV. “When I heard ...