Bell Ringer – 3/31/08  Read the profile on page 595 about James Weldon Johnson  In paragraph form, explain the achievements of James Weldon Johnson and his involvement with the NAACP

Chicago – early 1900s  Had a black policeman by 1872  Black physician Daniel Hale Williams established Af-Am staffed Provident Hospital on the South Side in 1891  By 1920 black Chicago had 80 Baptist and 36 Methodist churches  Many black men elected aldermen and councilmen

Du Sable  First non-Native American to settle the area was Du Sable, a black fur trader who established a trading post in 1779  Born in Haiti, he married a Potawatomi woman. He joined her tribe and was known as “Black Chief”

Wabash YMCA  The downtown YMCA barred black men.  Black people raised $50,000 & Sears donated $25,000 to build the Wabash YMCA for the black community in Still stands in 37 th Street

Bronzeville  Neighborhood was coined “Bronzeville” in the 1930s by a writer who stated “bronze” was a better term than “black” for the beautiful brown skin color possessed by Af-Ams  Once home to jazz, blues & arts; today buildings, homes, & parks are being restored  Dan Ryan to Drexel Blvd., 31 st to 51 st streets

 The Ida B. Wells house is located at 3624 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (built in 1919)  Many stone town homes still exist along MLK Drive

Homework  Read Ch 17, Sn 2 (pgs  Answer all questions and define key terms on page 594