Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area

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The City of Chicago's Black Metropolis is a historic site of African American achievement in arts and culture, business and entrepreneurship, politics, sports, and recreation. The area stretches from the city's South Loop to Woodlawn (18th Street to the north, 71st street to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, and Canal Street to the west). The assemblage of natural, historic, educational, and recreational resources forms a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape that is worth preserving. The area also serves as memorial to the Great Migration of 1910-70, a demographic movement in which approximately 600,000 African Americans migrated north in search of employment and improved life opportunities.

The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership, along with numerous community partners, decided to preserve its unique landscape and assets through a National Heritage Area (NHA) designation application. CMAP's role in this process is to craft the management plan for the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area.

The City of Chicago's Black Metropolis is a historic site of African American achievement in arts and culture, business and entrepreneurship, politics, sports, and recreation. The area stretches from the city's South Loop to Woodlawn (18th Street to the north, 71st street to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, and Canal Street to the west). The assemblage of natural, historic, educational, and recreational resources forms a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape that is worth preserving. The area also serves as memorial to the Great Migration of 1910-70, a demographic movement in which approximately 600,000 African Americans migrated north in search of employment and improved life opportunities.

The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership, along with numerous community partners, decided to preserve its unique landscape and assets through a National Heritage Area (NHA) designation application. CMAP's role in this process is to craft the management plan for the Black Metropolis National Heritage Area.

  • National Park Service Designates Emmett Till and Mamie Mobley-Till National Monument

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    Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the location of Emmett Till's funeral was designated a National Monument to commemorate a series of tragic events that occurred in 1955. Mamie Mobley-Till insisted that the funeral of her son in Chicago be open-casket, bringing national attention to the brutality and injustice of Till's murder. Learn more at the National Park Service web site.

  • National Park Service Designates Black Metropolis National Heritage Area

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    In January 2023, after more than ten years of advocacy and study, the National Park Service formally desingated the Black Metroplis National Heritage Area. See the Block Club Chicago News story at this link.

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