(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A bill on President Biden's desk would designate the Bronzeville community on Chicago's South Side as a "National Heritage Area."
The "Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area" would highlight the role the community played in a variety of achievements by African-Americans.
Paula Robinson is the president of the Black Metropolis National Heritage Commission.
She notes national heritage area will also honor "The Great Migration" of approximately 500,000 African-Americans from the South to northern cities during the early 20th Century.
The designation also makes up to $1 million a year in federal funding available to preservation and development efforts in Bronzeville, for up to 15 years.
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