Bronzeville Nights: On the Town in Chicago's Black Metropolis

Bronzeville was once America's most vibrant Black community—next to Harlem. Nightclubs, dance halls, rialtos, and jazz and blues joints lined the streets of Chicago's South Side. Not much is left. A few sound recordings, memories passed down from generation to generation, and—until now—only a handful of photographs.

Bronzeville Nights brings it back, with dozens of photos and mementos recently found in a cache gathered by Lonnie Simmons, a jazzman of renown who played these clubs and also ro...