Did you know that Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area is the birthplace of Black History Month? Originally founded as Black History Week by Carter G. Woodson at the Wabash Avenue YMCA in Bronzeville in 1926. Black History Month is now celebrated worldwide.
The 2025 Black History Month theme is African Americans and Labor, focusing on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
World-renowned artist Purvis Young captured the 2025 Black History Month theme in his drawing, “I Have a Job! I Have a Job!” Young credited Chicago’s Wall of Respect mural throughout his life as his creative inspiration. Located in the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area, the 1960s public art mural at 43rd and Langley was at the heart of the Black Arts Movement in the United States.
Purvis Young: Messenger of Salvation and Liberation exhibition and program on his life and work influenced by the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area’s Wall of Respect. Plus, Cry Loud and Spare Not, an exhibition by Bronzeville artist Raymond A. Thomas.
Get ready to experience the brilliance of
Purvis Young, Raymond Thomas at the
"Messenger of Salvation and Liberation" art exhibition, presented by the
Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area.
🖼 Opening February 27 at Zolla Lieberman Gallery
🎟 Get your tickets now and secure your spot for this powerful celebration of art and culture!
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