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Bronzeville may refer to: Another name for the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles, during World War II. A neighborhood and district in Chicago, Illinois. Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District, a historic district within the Bronzeville neighborhood. King-Lincoln Bronzeville, a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. A neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois . The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
April 30, 1986. Designated CL. September 9, 1998. Erected in 1927, the Victory Monument, is a bronze and granite sculptural monument, based on a concept by John A. Nyden, and sculpted by Leonard Crunelle. [2] It was built to honor the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served with distinction in France ...
The Light of Truth: Ida B. Wells National Monument is a bronze and marble public sculpture by artist Richard Hunt.Located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, the sculpture takes its name from a quote by civil rights activist and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931): "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them".
41.8246°N 87.6231°W. / 41.8246; -87.6231. The South Side Community Art Center is a community art center in Chicago that opened in 1940 with support from the Works Progress Administration 's Federal Art Project in Illinois. [1] Opened in Bronzeville in an 1893 mansion, it became the first black art museum in the United States [2] and has been ...
Douglas, Chicago. / 41.83472°N 87.61806°W / 41.83472; -87.61806. Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln 's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government. [3]
Illinois Institute of Technology ( IIT ), commonly referred to as Illinois Tech, is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the merger of the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute in 1940. The university has programs in architecture, business, communications, design ...
Designated CL. May 1, 2013. Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School is a public 4–year high school campus in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Chicago Public Schools and named after Chicago's first permanent non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable.