City of Chicago’s 175th Birthday

Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable’s home has since been been recognized as an historic landmark (Teemu008 from Palatine, Illinois, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Today marks the 175th Birthday of the city of Chicago, first settled by Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a black man. A good day to check out Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History.

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