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During her appearance on Friday at the Wisconsin Book Festival, Ivory Abena Black, author of Bronzeville: A Milwaukee Lifestyle, recounts a part of the thriving neighborhood's history when the community was in its cultural, social and economic heyday. The short video follows below.
Much like Madison's Greenbush neighborhood, Milwaukee's Bronzeville was once a thriving community populated by African-Americans and neighbors representing a range of ethnicities and religious beliefs. But like Madison's Greenbush, Milwaukee's Bronzeville was eventually decimated by misguided urban renewal initiatives that razed the neighborhood and dispersed its residents.
