Bronzeville neighborhood (portion)

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The Bronzeville neighborhood is a historic South Side Chicago community renowned as a center of African American culture, business, and arts, especially during the Great Migration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American cultural center ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Black Metropolis ⓘ
Chicago’s Black Metropolis ⓘ
associatedWith Black Metropolis National Heritage Area (proposed/recognized heritage area context) ⓘ
linked to: Black Metropolis

Chicago Defender newspaper ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender

Great Migration-era Black churches ⓘ
city Chicago ⓘ
contains Bronzeville Walk of Fame (Bronzeville Walk of Fame medallions on King Drive) ⓘ
Chicago Defender Building ⓘ
Illinois Institute of Technology vicinity ⓘ
Overton Hygienic Building ⓘ
Supreme Life Building ⓘ
Victory Monument ⓘ
Wabash Avenue YMCA ⓘ
linked to: Chicago YMCA

historic Black Metropolis commercial district on South State Street ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn African American literature ⓘ
African American visual arts ⓘ
Chicago blues ⓘ
Chicago jazz ⓘ
demographic predominantly African American ⓘ
governedBy City of Chicago ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District Chicago Landmark ⓘ
linked to: Bronzeville
hasOngoingProcess historic preservation and revitalization efforts ⓘ
hasStreetBoundary roughly between 26th Street and 51st Street ⓘ
roughly between Cottage Grove Avenue and the Dan Ryan Expressway ⓘ
hasTypeOfDevelopment mixed residential and commercial ⓘ
historicalRole center of Black political organizing in Chicago ⓘ
hub for Black entrepreneurship in early 20th century Chicago ⓘ
major destination for African Americans leaving the U.S. South ⓘ
knownFor African American arts ⓘ
African American business ⓘ
African American culture ⓘ
Black-owned banks and insurance companies ⓘ
Black-owned newspapers ⓘ
jazz and blues music scene ⓘ
role in the Great Migration ⓘ
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
South Side, Chicago ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf Douglas community area ⓘ
Grand Boulevard community area ⓘ
Near South Side community area ⓘ
significantPeriod Great Migration ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance era ⓘ
linked to: Harlem Renaissance
state Illinois ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

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Grand Boulevard, Chicago → contains → Bronzeville neighborhood (portion) ⓘ