Harold Washington Cultural Center, Chicago

Fuller Park

Some very serious basketball players hit the pavement here on weekends and the courts are worth a visit to watch the local players, but keep in mind that the park is in one of Chicago's roughest areas

Washington Park

Operation Push HQ

The enormous classical revival building at 50th & Drexel is the national headquarters of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization

Drexel Fountain

This ornate fountain that stands in the tiny Drexel Square Park is the oldest in Chicago - one of the first monuments erected in the Chicago area

McGill Mansion

Easily mistaken for a French Castle, this mansion was built in 1893 for the Scottish McGill family, which founded the famous Montreal University of the same name

Masjid Al-Faatir

Masjid Al-Faatir is the largest of Chicago's Mosques

Ida B. Wells House

The home of Ida B Wells, prominent African-American civil rights activist and suffragette, founder of the Black Women's movement, and founding member of the NAACP, lived here from 1919–1929

South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC)

A community arts center open since 1940, which was for long the only place around where minority artists could exhibit there work

Supreme Life Building

Built to house the first African-American insurance company, which was one of the few Black Metropolis businesses to survive the Great Depression

Bronzeville Visitor Information Center

The Bronzeville Visitor Information Center seeks to provide visitors with orientation and offers tours, exhibits, and a small gift shop