Milwaukee's first African American neighborhood was called "Bronzeville." It was bordered by 3rd St. on the east, 12th St. on the west and Highland Ave. on the south. Its northern boundary was North Ave.

In its heyday, Bronzeville was the center of a vibrant African American community.

Norma Jean Sims has saved a "Negro Business Directory" that shows the variety of black-owned commercial activity in the old Bronzeville district.

Even today, younger people have fond, if indistinct, memories of Bronzeville.