(The Negro in Chicago, 1779-1929, Washington Intercollegiate Club of Chicago, Inc.,1929.)

Bronzeville, Engine of Progress

Bronzeville Map, 1948

Map of Bronzeville, Click to go to http://aman.interman.net/bronzeville/bville.htm

Bronzeville Tours

The Great Migration

Natives & Newcomers

North or South?

Voices & Choices

Pictorial Activities

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Chicago Landmarks	Chess Studios	Near South Side
Tour Black Chicago	Dr. Daniel Hale Williams,	Park Benches
African American Landmarks	Quinn Chapel	Great Northern Migration Statue
Hall Branch Library	Settlement House	Provident Hospital
Steven A. Douglas	First African American Residents
Elam House	Victory Statue

What was the western boundary of Bronzeville? (Douglas/Grand Blvd. neighborhood)	.
In what decade did African Americans begin to settle in Bronzeville?	.
List three reasons why Steven A. Douglas is remembered.	1. 2. 3.
Why did a large population of German Jews relocated to the neighborhood after 1871?	.
Where was the original Regal Theatre located?	.
Why does the statue named "The Great Northern Migration" show a man made of shoe soles and standing on a large mountain of them?	.
How many artists created the benches along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive? How many benches?	.
When and why was Chess Studio made a Chicago Landmark?	When? Why?
Why was the Elam House designated a Chicago Landmark? Where is Elam house located?	.
Name the Church that houses Chicago's oldest African American congregation. When was it founded?	.
Why was the home of Ida B. Wells designated a landmark?	.
How was Provident Hospital different from other hospitals when it was founded in1891?	.
.List three reasons to remember Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.	1. 2. 3.
Who helped establish the first settlement house for African Americans in Chicago? (Three People)	.
List the social services provided by the settlement house.	.
Why was the Hall Branch Library named in honor of Dr. George Cleveland Hall? Who was Vivian Harsh?	1. 2.
Name three writers who met at the Hall Branch Library.	.
Why is there a statue of a soldier at 35th and King Drive? Do you have any relatives whose names appear on this statue? Visit the statue to see!