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Bronzeville Walk of Fame Historical Markers
In 1996, the City of Chicago embedded 91 plaques into the sidewalks and median along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive between 25th Street and 35th Street, in honor of past residents of Bronzeville, the historically Black neighborhood on the city's South Side. The walk stretches from the Monument to the Great Northern Migration, a statue near 25th Street that honors the African Americans who came to Chicago in the early 20th century, to the Victory statue near 35th Street, which honors Black soldiers of World War I.
By Sean P. Flynn, September 28, 2026
Arthur Mitchell Marker
1 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Arthur Mitchell 1883-1968 Bronzeville Walk of Fame —  |
| 1st Black Democrat elected to U.S. Congress, 1934 — — Map (db m312611) HM | |||
| 2 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Casey "Chicken Charlie" Jones Unknown dates Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Street performer with his chicken, Mae — — Map (db m312428) HM | |||
| 3 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Edith Spurlock Sampson 1901-1979 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black alternate delegate to the United Nations 1st Black appointed to NATO — — Map (db m312617) HM | |||
| 4 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Hudson Whittaker "Tampa Red"; 1903-1981 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Early blues recording artist — — Map (db m312610) HM | |||
| 5 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Joe "King" Oliver 1885-1938 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Jazz musician & bandleader — — Map (db m312616) HM | |||
| 6 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Joe Williams — |
| Jazz & blues musician "Emperor of the Blues" — — Map (db m312618) HM | |||
| 7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Joseph J. Jordan 1882-1971 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Ragtime composer, music publisher, real estate developer, established precedent for copyright protection, 1917 — — Map (db m312621) HM | |||
| 8 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — McKinley Morganfield "Muddy Waters"; 1915-1983 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Blues musician — — Map (db m312430) HM | |||
| 9 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Nat King Cole 1919-1965 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Jazz pianist, vocalist, vocalist Television show host — — Map (db m308342) HM | |||
| 10 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Rev. Jessie Ma Houston 1899-1980 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Activist and evangelist — — Map (db m312427) HM | |||
| 11 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Scott Joplin 1868-1917 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Ragtime composer and pianist — — Map (db m312620) HM | |||
| 12 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville — Willie Dixon 1915-1992 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Blues composer and musician — — Map (db m312425) HM | |||
| 13 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Bronzeville (Douglas) — John Jones 1816-1879 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Elected to Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1872 — — Map (db m312405) HM | |||
| 14 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — "Butterbean and Susie" 1895-1967 / 1896-1963 — |
| Vaudeville comedy team — — Map (db m308358) HM | |||
| 15 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ada S. McKinley 1868-1952 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Social worker and civic leader — — Map (db m312377) HM | |||
| 16 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Al Benson "The Swingmaster"; 1908-1978 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Syndicated radio innovator — — Map (db m308372) HM | |||
| 17 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Anthony Overton 1865-1946 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded Overton Hygenic Co., 1898 The Chicago Bee, 1926 — — Map (db m308375) HM | |||
| 18 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Bessie Coleman 1892-1926 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black aviatrix Received international pilot's license, 1921 — — Map (db m308612) HM | |||
| 19 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Bishop Louis Henry Ford 1914-1995 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Presiding prelate Churches of God International — — Map (db m300195) HM | |||
| 20 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Captain Walter Dyett 1901-1969 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Music teacher and bandleader, DuSable and Phillips High School — — Map (db m308573) HM | |||
| 21 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Carter G. Woodson 1875-1950 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Scholar, historian, originator of "Negro History Week", 1926 — — Map (db m308341) HM | |||
| 22 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Charles Sumner Duke 1879-1952 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Architect and structural engineer, designer of many of Chicago's bridges — — Map (db m308578) HM | |||
| 23 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Chester A. Howlin Wolf Burnett 1910-1976 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Renowned blues singer — — Map (db m308470) HM | |||
| 24 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Claude Albert Barnett / Etta Moten Barnett 1899-1967 / 1901- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Claude Albert Barnett 1899-1967 Founded the Associated Negro Press, 1919 Etta Moten Barnett 1901- Actress, singer, comedienne — — Map (db m300197) HM | |||
| 25 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Claude McKay 1889-1948 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Author, journalist, poet — — Map (db m308577) HM | |||
| 26 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Col. Franklin A. Denison C. 1862-1925 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Commander of the 8th Regiment Armory Illinois Assistant Attorney General — — Map (db m270867) HM | |||
| 27 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Corneal Davis 1900-1995 — |
| Elected State Representative, 1943-1979 — — Map (db m299643) HM | |||
| 28 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dempsey J. Travis 1920- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Historian & business leader — — Map (db m308433) HM | |||
| 29 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dinah Washington 1924-1963 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Jazz, blues & gospel singer "Queen of the Blues" — — Map (db m312380) HM | |||
| 30 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dr. Daniel Hale-Williams 1856-1931 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded Provident Hospital, 1891 Performed 1st open-heart surgery, 1893 — — Map (db m308606) HM | |||
| 31 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dr. Ida Gray Nelson Rollin c. 1870-1953 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black woman dentist, 1890 — — Map (db m308354) HM | |||
| 32 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dr. J.B. Martin 1885-1973 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| President, American Negro Baseball League — — Map (db m300182) HM | |||
| 33 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dr. Joesph H. Jackson 1900-1990 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| President, National Baptist Convention — — Map (db m308553) HM | |||
| 34 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Dr. Mae Jemison 1957 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black Woman Astronaut — — Map (db m299641) HM | |||
| 35 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Earl Fatha Hines 1903-1983 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Jazz pianist & band leader — — Map (db m300203) HM | |||
| 36 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Earl B. Dickerson 1891-1986 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Attorney, alderman Executive, Supreme Life Insurance Co. — — Map (db m312370) HM | |||
| 37 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Elijah Muhammad 1897-1975 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founder, Nation of Islam — — Map (db m308468) HM | |||
| 38 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ernest Griffin 1912-1995 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Co-founder, Griffin Funeral Home, 1947 — — Map (db m300189) HM | |||
| 39 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Fannie Barrier Williams 1855-1960 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Lecturer, journalist, educator 1st black member Library Board of Chicago — — Map (db m300200) HM | |||
| 40 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1885-1941 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Jazz composer & pianist — — Map (db m299786) HM | |||
| 41 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ferdinand Lee Barnett 1852-1936 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| First Black assistant state's attorney, 1896. Publisher and founder of the Chicago Conservator, 1878 — — Map (db m300184) HM | |||
| 42 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Florence B. Price 1887-1953 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Classical composer and performer — — Map (db m308523) HM | |||
| 43 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Frank Gillespie 1876-1925 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| President and founder of Liberty Life Insurance — — Map (db m312369) HM | |||
| 44 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — George Johnson 1927- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded Johnson Products Co., 1954 — — Map (db m308455) HM | |||
| 45 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Gwendolyn Brooks 1917- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Pulitzer Prize winner, 1950 Illinois Poet Laureate — — Map (db m270891) HM | |||
| 46 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Haki Madhubuti 1942- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Poet, educator Co-founder, Third World Press — — Map (db m308570) HM | |||
| 47 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Harold Washington 1922-1987 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Elected to U.S. Congress, 1980 Elected 1st Black mayor of Chicago, 1983 — — Map (db m308524) HM | |||
| 48 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1862-1931 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Journalist, anti-lynching crusader, civil rights activist — — Map (db m300186) HM | |||
| 49 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Jack L. Cooper 1888-1970 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Radio pioneer — — Map (db m308370) HM | |||
| 50 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Jesse Binga 1865-1950 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded the Binga State Bank, 1921 — — Map (db m312385) HM | |||
| 51 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Jesse Owens 1913-1980 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Olympic gold medalist, 1936 — — Map (db m308571) HM | |||
| 52 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — John Jack Johnson 1878-1946 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| World Heavyweight Boxing Champ, 1908-1915 Owner, Cafι du Champion. — — Map (db m299752) HM | |||
| 53 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — John H. Johnson 1918- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded Johnson Publishing Co., 1942 — — Map (db m308585) HM | |||
| 54 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — John Lee Williamson "Sonny Boy"; 1914-1948 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Chicago Delta blues pioneer — — Map (db m300187) HM | |||
| 55 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — John Moutoussamy 1922-1995 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Architect — — Map (db m308367) HM | |||
| 56 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Katherine Dunham 1909- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Choreographer, anthropologist, social activist Founded the Negro Dance Group, 1931 — — Map (db m308584) HM | |||
| 57 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Lorraine Hansberry 1930-1965 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Author & playwright — — Map (db m300201) HM | |||
| 58 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Lou Rawls 1935- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Gospel & pop vocalist Benefactor, United Negro College Fund — — Map (db m308560) HM | |||
| 59 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong / Lil Hardin-Armstrong 1900-1970 / 1902-1971 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| [Beneath Louis Armstrong:] Jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer [Beneath Lil Hardin-Armstrong:] Jazz pianist, bandleader, composer — — Map (db m308569) HM | |||
| 60 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Lt. George Giles c. 1895-1920 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Lt. George R. Giles World War I hero — — Map (db m270884) HM WM | |||
| 61 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Mahalia Jackson 1912-1972 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Gospel singer — — Map (db m300192) HM | |||
| 62 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Margaret Goss Burroughs 1917- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Artist Founded DuSable Museum of African American History, 1961 — — Map (db m299706) HM | |||
| 63 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Marjorie Stewart Joyner 1896-1994 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Journalist, cosmetologist President, Chicago Defender Charities, 1929-1994 — — Map (db m308611) HM | |||
| 64 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Maudelle Bousefield 1885-1971 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black principal Chicago Public Schools — — Map (db m308575) HM | |||
| 65 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Mjr. Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. 1935-1967 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black astronaut — — Map (db m270868) HM | |||
| 66 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Oscar DePriest 1871-1951 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Elected to City Council, 1915 Elected to U.S. Congress, 1929 — — Map (db m300194) HM | |||
| 67 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Oscar G. Brown, Sr. / Oscar Brown, Jr. 1895-1990 / 1926- Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| [Beneath Brown Sr.:] Attorney [Beneath Brown Jr.:] Jazz composer — — Map (db m308567) HM | |||
| 68 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Ralph H. Metcalfe 1910-1978 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Olympic gold medalist, alderman Elected to U.S. Congress, 1970 — — Map (db m308549) HM | |||
| 69 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Reverend Mother York 1923-1995 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Pastor, senior chaplain, Cook County jail — — Map (db m308572) HM | |||
| 70 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Richard Wright 1908-1960 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Author — — Map (db m300199) HM | |||
| 71 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert Motts 1861-1911 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
Founded Pekin Theater, 1905(1st permanent Black-owned theater)— — Map (db m308581) HM | |||
| 72 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert R. Taylor 1899-1957 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Urban planner, first Black chairman of Chicago Housing Authority, 1943-1950 — — Map (db m308580) HM | |||
| 73 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Robert S. Abbott 1870-1940 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded the Chicago Defender, 1905 — — Map (db m308561) HM | |||
| 74 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — S.B. Fuller 1905-1980 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Founded Fuller Products Co., 1935 — — Map (db m308394) HM | |||
| 75 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Sam Cooke 1931-1964 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Gospel and pop vocalist — — Map (db m308489) HM | |||
| 76 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — St. Claire Drake / Horace R. Clayton 1911-1990 / 1903-1970 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Authors, Black Metropolis — — Map (db m308614) HM | |||
| 77 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — The Savoy Big Five Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Basketball team became the Harlem Globetrotters in 1927 — — Map (db m308464) HM | |||
| 78 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Theodore K. Lawless 1892-1971 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Physician & philanthropist — — Map (db m300190) HM | |||
| 79 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Theresa Needham 1912-1992 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Established Theresas Blues Club, 1955 — — Map (db m299804) HM | |||
| 80 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Truman Gibson Sr. / Truman Gibson Jr. Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Truman Gibson, Sr. 1882-1972 Founded Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Co., 1929 Truman Gibson, Jr. 1912- Civilian aide to the Secretary of War, 1940-1945 — — Map (db m270887) HM | |||
| 81 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Vivian Harsh 1890-1960 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| 1st Black librarian, Chicago Public Library Founder, "Special Negro Collection" — — Map (db m300202) HM | |||
| 82 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Walter T. Bailey Giles 1882-1941 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Illinois' first Black registered architect — — Map (db m308368) HM | |||
| 83 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Willa Brown 1906-1992 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Pilot, flight instructor, and owner of the Harlem Airport — — Map (db m308558) HM | |||
| 84 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — Willard Motley / Archibald Motley, Jr. 1912-1965 / 1891-1981 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| [Beneath Willard Motley:] Author & journalist [Beneath Archibald Motley Jr.:] Artist — — Map (db m308574) HM | |||
| 85 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Douglas — William L. Dawson 1886-1971 Bronzeville Walk of Fame — |
| Attorney, alderman Elected to U.S. Congress, 1942 — — Map (db m300193) HM | |||