"The AREA" Film Screening at Mandrake Park - Free to the public
Event Information
Description
Bronzeville Historical Society with support of Burnham Park Advisory Council, Mandrake Park, The Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities Fund, and friends of Englewood, Bronzeville, and Woodlawn communities
Proudly present "The Area" film screening at Mandrake Park Facility - 3858 S. Cottage Grove Ave.
The movie will begin at 6:00PM SHARP! A lively discussion will follow with film producers and invited community member panelists from Englewood, Woodlawn, and Bronzeville. Contact Sherry Williams 312 428-8033 for info or Email: bronzevillehistoricalsociety@gmail.com
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Organizer Bronzeville Historical Society
Organizer of "The AREA" Film Screening at Mandrake Park - Free to the public
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ronzeville is an African American community in Chicago whose residents mostly arrived during The Great Migration from1890-1950. Blacks came to Chicago continuously as a result of racism in the South, lack of equal opportunity, and the desire for education and employment. During the Great Migration, the largest number of African Americans in Chicago settled between 18th street on the North and 51st Street on the South, and State Street on the West and Cottage Grove on the East.
The Bronzeville /Black Chicagoan Historical Society was founded in 1999 by a small group of enthusiastic African American history researchers. It was chartered as an Illinois not-for-profit educational and historical preservation organization in 1999. 501 c 3 status was granted in 2002.
