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During what event had Big Bill Broonzy moved to Chicago and why?

As a teenager he worked as a sharecropper, then was drafted into the Army, serving two years in Europe during World War I. After experiencing racism on his return to Arkansas after the war, Broonzy moved to Chicago in 1920. He began his musical career there, playing country blues to mostly African American audiences. Also

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