BLACK LIVES AND BLACK HEROES MATTER calling for A CITY HOLIDAY, STREET & MONUMENT FOR JEAN BAPTISTE POINTE DUSABLE, CHICAGO’S FOUNDING FATHER,
The rally will take place on Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 2020, at 12 p.m. with protesters gathering at the Bust of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable/DuSable Bridge, on North Michigan Avenue near Tribune Plaza. Marchers will walk seven blocks south on Michigan Avenue to Monroe Street, then one block east of Monroe to Columbus Drive and hear from speakers, including elected representatives. All participants/protesters will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing protocols.
Although it is well known that DuSable, a Black man from Haiti was the first settler to discover and set up a trading post in Chicago, by the virtue of his color and nationality, he has not been given full credit and recognition while at the same time a white man, John Kinzie who ended up acquiring DuSable’s properties has been given more notoriety.
