Bronzeville
Heritage District · Chicago, Illinois
The South Side district that became the Black Metropolis — the destination for hundreds of thousands of people arriving from the South during the Great Migration, and between roughly 1910 and 1950 one of the most concentrated centres of Black business, music, journalism and political life in the United States. Ida B. Wells, Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Coleman all lived and worked here, and the Negro National League was founded here in 1920.
South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at East 35th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
A public neighbourhood, open at all times. Monuments and the Walk of Fame are outdoors and free. Guided history walks run seasonally through local organisations.