Early Settlements & The Great Migration
Specialized Tours
Of all the sites in the book across the five tours, it can be challenging to decide which locations to visit. We recommend using your guidebook and making a list of women to visit based on your interests, curiosities, and themes that you notice in the stories. Below are a few mini tours to inspire your adventures through Chicago.
For those with creative interests.
Writers & Artists
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Chicago Defender – Zelda Ormes, Ethel Payne
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Roberts Temple of God in Christs – Arizona Dranes
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Margaret Burroughs former home
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South Side Community Art Center
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Alice C. Browning
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Nora Holt
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
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Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
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George C. Hall Library
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Mahalia Jackson
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Minnie Riperton
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Katherine Dunham
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Lorraine Hansberry
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Chess Records – Koko Taylor, Etta James
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Black Women Emerging Mural
Writers, journalists, educators
Women & Art
For those desiring music based tour
Music & Performance
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Roberts Temple of God in Christ – Arizona Dranes
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Etta Moten Barnett’s home
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Elder Lucy Smith
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Nora Holt
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
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Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
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Mahalia Jackson
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Hyde Park High School – Minnie Riperton
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Vivian Carter
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Chess Records – Koko Taylor, Etta James
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Lovie Austin
Dance, Singers, Performers
Music & Entertainers
For Ida B. Wells Lovers
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Jones College Prep – Mary Richardson Jones
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Negro Fellowship League
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Chicago Bee
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Ida B. Wells’s former residence
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Melissa Elam Home
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Ida B. Wells Homes (public housing)
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Oak Woods Cemetery
Organizer, Teacher, Publisher
Anti-lynching activist