Virtual Tour | Bronzeville: The Black ChicagoRenaissance

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. Inspired to create by both The Great Migration and The Great Depression, Bronzeville artists of the 1930s and 1940s illustrated the world around them on canvas, with paper and pen, and through musical instruments. Join Dr. Christopher Reed, emeritus professor of history at Roosevelt University, for an exploration of the locations and working conditions of Chicago steel mills, factories, stockyards, and private homes that compelled literary and visual artists and musicians to create works of art that still resonate with relevance today.  

$5, Free for members.

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