Bronzeville Neighborhood Guide

Bronzeville is one of Chicago's most historically significant neighborhoods, a stretch of the South Side that served as the cultural and commercial heart of Black America during the Great Migration and never lost that identity. Anchored by the grand boulevard of King Drive and bordered by greystones that rival anything in Lincoln Park, the neighborhood wears its architecture and its history with equal pride. The annual Bud Billiken Parade, one of the oldest and largest African American parades in the country, draws the whole city south every August and gives you a pretty accurate read on how seriously Bronzeville takes community. Red Line access and a growing roster of local institutions make it as practical as it is storied, and the South Side Community Art Center has been feeding the neighborhood's creative life since the 1940s.