The North Star with Shaun King

The North Star with Shaun King

Share this post

The North Star with Shaun King
The North Star with Shaun King
Ida B. Wells Drive: More Than a Street

Ida B. Wells Drive: More Than a Street

thenorthstar
Feb 18, 2019
∙ Paid

Share this post

The North Star with Shaun King
The North Star with Shaun King
Ida B. Wells Drive: More Than a Street
Share

A crowd celebrates the renaming of Ida B. Wells Drive (Photo by Jerome Rochelle)

African Americans have been an integral and influential part of Chicago from its very inception, when a Black man from Haiti named Jean Baptiste Point DuSable founded the “Windy City” in the 1770s. There is a long list of Black residents who have made a national and internat…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The North Star with Shaun King to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 The North Star
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share