The "chitlin' circuit" was the general name given to the string of venues throughout the easter and southern United States that catered primarily to African American audiences. The starting place of entertainers such as Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Patti LaBelle, Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers, and Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, the "Chitlin' circuit" (deriving its name from the soul food item chitterlings: fried pig intestines) was the main way of seeing many popular black acts before the days of integration. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Cab Calloway, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994), born Cabell Calloway III, was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. ... Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. ... Patti LaBelle pays tribute to the crew of the space shuttle Columbia. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. ... The cover of the 2003 Isley Brothers album, Body Kiss. ... Michael Jackson in 1987. ... The cover to the Jackson 5s first LP, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, released on Motown Records in 1969. ... Soul food is an ethnic cuisine, food traditionally eaten by African Americans of the Southern United States. ... Chitterlings (pronounced CHIT-lins and sometimes spelled chitlins) are the small intestines of a pig that have been prepared as food. ... Integration may be any of the following: In the most general sense, integration may be any bringing together of things: the integration of two or more economies, cultures, religions (usually called syncretism), etc. ...