If you think Georgia is hot today, you should've seen it during Sweet Auburn's sky high days. Everyone who was anyone was there. They called it the riches negro block in the world, and ... Oh, I apologize. You'll have to listen to learn why. 

Oil, slavery, America, and all the things of success. Yes, Jake Simmons Jr. was a success, and that's because of oil and in spite of American slavery. His is a story of generation after generation taking small but monumental steps forward to make his breakout success possible. A Black man, a rich Black man, and a powerful Black man are all ways to describe him. Listen and find out about his visionary leadership.  

If you were a doctor, would you save lives or stack paper? Can a doctor also be a social change agent? Best question, can a little black boy of a tobacco twister and cook be these things? I'd say... Oh, wait - why not just listen and find out? Dr. T.R.M. Howard is whom we're discussing today. Listen and learn. 

To explain who Miss. Ray was would be to give away the story, and everyone knows a good tease wets the appetite. Listen and find out why we're talking about Charlotte Ray. 

Ownership, ownership, ownership is the key to everything. In a time when we celebrate black achievements of becoming billionaires and owning their own jets, there were a pioneering few who not only dared to fly, they decided to own the entire flying apparatus. Queue the founders of Robins Airport. It was small, but it had heart. Scrappy blacks came together to fly and teach each others the science of aviation. Instead of this going on and on - why not just listen to the episode, and learn about the first Black owned and operated airport in the good ole' U.S.A.  

Charlie was a one man speeding bullet to the finish line. He started life as a shoe shine boy and became a champion racer even though the powers that be didn't want him. He took his determination and his skill and made a success of himself, and like many of the black giants, helped white America as well. Hop in the car and find out about Charlie Wiggins. 

Mr. Gaston was a bright light to blacks of his day. Heck, he's still in inpsiration today. He achieved so much and started with so little, if what he started with can even be considered little. A strong Black leader, a sophisticated businessman, and compassionate neighbor, he used his boundless success to move Blacks forward and lift the Back Americans up to new heights. Listen and learn about what he did - how he did it - and hear a true story of American grit.    

The beginning of every fantastic new story always starts with establishing a great unbelievable reality.  Once upon a time, and in a magical land far away, you've heard them all before. The only problem is Black history though fantastic is no mere fairy tale. Chitlin Circuit is a new podcast about the Black stories we don't know, but should.