It's past time to rename Lake Shore Drive in honor of DuSable, Chicago's Black founder
Sun-Times Media No more excuses. Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, a Black man, was the first permanent, non-indigenous settler of the land that would become the great metropolis of Chicago. On Thursday, the Chicago City Council Transportation Committee voted to rename Outer Lake Shore Drive, a 17-mile stretch from Hollywood Avenue to 67th Street, in honor of DuSable. Columnists In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary. The aldermanic push to re-christen the Drive comes over the objections of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. She is pitching an alternative...
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