In our JMDL Glossary, it has a reference for "Chitlins", a term that as a South Carolinian I'm very familiar with.
BUT I don't think this is the correct interpretation for what Joni is saying in "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (the song that uses the phrase). The context is: When the bandstands had a thousand ways Of refusing a black man admission Black musician In those days they put him in an Underdog position They put him in Cellars and chitlins' Now I think what she's saying is that black musicians could not play or attend shows in the established (white) clubs, but rather had to depend on what was called the "chitlin' circuit", venues/homes whatever that featured black musicians & audiences. I'm sure that the name "chitlin circuit" was given as that was what the performers were fed, but I don't think the definition in the glossary is totally correct in terms of what Joni was writing about. Bob NP: Lauryn Hill, "Everything Is Everything"
