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  "path": "/2026/02/05/how-the-great-migration-and-segregation-built-the-south-sides-black-owned-lounge-culture/",
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  "tags": [
    "Arts & Culture",
    "Auburn Gresham",
    "Block Club Eats",
    "Bronzeville",
    "Bronzeville, Near South Side",
    "Chatham",
    "Englewood",
    "Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham",
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  "textContent": "For more than a century, cocktail lounges — distinct from dive bars and nightclubs — have served as essential gathering places for Black Chicagoans.",
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