Students Say It’s Time To Name Chicago’s Douglas Park For The Abolitionist, Not The Politician
By Benjamin PayneStudents Say It’s Time To Name Chicago’s Douglas Park For The Abolitionist, Not The Politician
By Benjamin Payne
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Fifth-grade students at Village Leadership Academy, a private school in the South Loop, took to a city meeting to speak out against the namesake for Douglas Park in Chicago’s North Woodlawn neighborhood. They say that name belongs to someone else. WBEZ’s Benjamin Payne reports.