Bronzeville neighborhood (portion)

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African American cultural center historic district neighborhood

The Bronzeville neighborhood is a historic South Side Chicago community renowned as a center of African American culture, business, and arts, especially during the Great Migration.

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Label	Occurrences
Bronzeville neighborhood (portion) canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American cultural center ⓘ historic district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Black Metropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago’s Black Metropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Black Metropolis National Heritage Area (proposed/recognized heritage area context) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Defender newspaper NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Migration-era Black churches ⓘ
city	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
contains	Bronzeville Walk of Fame (Bronzeville Walk of Fame medallions on King Drive) NERFINISHED ⓘ Chicago Defender Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Illinois Institute of Technology vicinity ⓘ Overton Hygienic Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Life Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Victory Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash Avenue YMCA NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Black Metropolis commercial district on South State Street ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalInfluenceOn	African American literature NERFINISHED ⓘ African American visual arts ⓘ Chicago blues ⓘ Chicago jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
demographic	predominantly African American ⓘ
governedBy	City of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District Chicago Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOngoingProcess	historic preservation and revitalization efforts ⓘ
hasStreetBoundary	roughly between 26th Street and 51st Street ⓘ roughly between Cottage Grove Avenue and the Dan Ryan Expressway ⓘ
hasTypeOfDevelopment	mixed residential and commercial ⓘ
historicalRole	center of Black political organizing in Chicago ⓘ hub for Black entrepreneurship in early 20th century Chicago ⓘ major destination for African Americans leaving the U.S. South ⓘ
knownFor	African American arts ⓘ African American business ⓘ African American culture ⓘ Black-owned banks and insurance companies ⓘ Black-owned newspapers ⓘ jazz and blues music scene ⓘ role in the Great Migration ⓘ
locatedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago, Illinois Illinois ⓘ South Side, Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Douglas community area NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Boulevard community area NERFINISHED ⓘ Near South Side community area ⓘ
significantPeriod	Great Migration NERFINISHED ⓘ Harlem Renaissance era NERFINISHED ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ

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