The Great Migration made its biggest impact on Chicago in Bronzeville, which became the center of African American culture in the city from the 1920s through the 1950s. Forced to live in the cramped seven mile stretch of land, residents worked hard to cultivate a self-sufficient community boasting a diverse mix of more than 300,000 residents at its height, with laborers and businessmen, domestic workers and artists all living together producing music, art, activism, and industry. Join Dr. Christopher Reed, emeritus professor of history at Roosevelt University, to explore early Bronzeville places and spaces of political and civic activism that had a national impact, including The Chicago Defender Building, The Wabash YMCA, and the home of Ida B. Wells-Barnett.  

$5, Free for members.

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Tour runs about 1 hour. Zoom link provided after registration.