The latest Blvck Vrchives features photos of the south side of Chicago from the 1960s to the 1980s, with a call to action to help identify the neighborhoods depicted.
Tag: Bronzeville
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In Chicago, Obama’s legacy is visible
Despite Trump’s promise to wipe out Barack Obama’s legislative victories, images of the former president in Chicago won’t be easily erased.
Posted inArts & Culture
The Humanities Fest goes to Bronzeville
A series of events in the south-side neighborhood is rounded out by a panel and dance party devoted to house music.
Posted inArts & Culture
Black video game characters finally get their due in Dateline: Bronzeville
Artist Philip Mallory Jones previews his ambitious project depicting life in Bronzeville circa 1940.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A wish list for better walking and biking in the Black Metropolis
Transit advocate Ronnie Matthew Harris wants to eliminate barriers that physically divide Bronzeville.
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#BankBlack movement sends deposits soaring but Chicago’s Seaway still needs investment to stay afloat
One of the city’s last two remaining black-owned banks is looking for investor dollars to match a surge of customer support.
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A Chicago fashion designer reps her Bronzeville roots with a fresh hat line called Bronze
Dimress Dunnigan debuted her new line in June.
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Chicago Teachers Union protests state budget crisis, and other news
Also, the Center on Halsted may not be able to continue free HIV testing much longer without state funding.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
West Garfield Park and Austin got Divvy bikes last week. Will anyone use them?
Some residents are skeptical, but $5 annual memberships could win people over.
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There’s a huge backlog of deportation cases in Illinois and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm and Rauner trade more jabs on Chicago Public Schools and Donald Trump.
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A glimpse of Chicago childhood inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks
A multimedia story inspired by the former Illinois poet laureate’s 1968 poem In the Mecca.
Posted inArts & Culture
For Natalie Y. Moore, south-side Chicago isn’t a headline—it’s home
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation grounds political reporting in personal experience.
Posted inArts & Culture
Garland Martin Taylor makes sculpture to stop the shooting
With Conversation Piece, the south-side artist delivers a monumental creative response to Chicago’s gun violence.
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An art exhibit on race in America generates an unexpected controversy
An art exhibit on race in America generates an unexpected controversy as protestors wonder, does a white artist have the right to comment on the black experience?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A touring exhibit of work by Archibald Motley is a visual feast—and a revelation
The African-American painter is Chicago’s own Jazz Age modernist.