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	<title>Black Travel &#124; Black Heritage Travel &#124; Black Festivals &#124; Black Cruises &#124; Black Vacations &#187; Chicago</title>
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		<title>Victory Monument &#124; Chicago, IL</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Located in Chicago’s Black Metropolis-Bronzeville Historic District, the Victory Monument was built to honor the Eighth Regiment of the Illinois National Guard, an African-American unit that served in France during World War I. The monument features 4 bronze panels and a sculpture of a soldier atop that was added in 1936. Dedicated on Armistice Day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love at First Site: Bronzeville Online</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bronzeville Online is one of the most comprehensive sites dedicated to the historic Bronzeville community (the &#8220;Black Metropolis&#8221;), the birthplace of Chicago&#8217;s version of the Harlem Renaissance and home to many famous African-Americans, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Richard Wright, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Coleman, Ida B Wells, Andrew Foster, and many more.
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		<title>Monument to the Great Northern Migration &#124; Chicago, IL</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Located just past the entrance of the “Gateway to Bronzeville, on the circular median on King Drive and 26th Place, ” the fifteen foot tall statue named &#8220;The Monument to the Great Northern Migration&#8221; represents the 6,000,000 African American men, women and children that migrated to the south side of Chicago in the 1920&#8217;s, 30&#8217;s and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bud Billiken Parade &#124; Chicago, IL</title>
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Billed as the oldest and largest African American parade in the U.S.,
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		<title>Chicago Blues, As Seen From the Inside</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stunning collection of photographs from Chicago&#8217;s foremost blues photographer When Raeburn Flerlage was asked to take a picture of Memphis Slim in 1959, he began a career that would produce some of the most fascinating and important photos ever taken of blues musicians. By shooting concert performances, studio sessions, interviews, and club shows, he [...]]]></description>
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