Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. How Did Black History Month Begin? A Look at its Origins and the Contributions of Black Chicagoans. Feb 1, 2023 | Eunice Alpasan. Members of the Black Heroes Matter ...

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable was the first permanent non-Native settler of what ... was born at his Chicago River settlement in 1796. In 1800, Point du Sable sold his farm to John Kinzie ...

Drawing of the former home of Jean Baptiste Point du Sable in Chicago as it appeared in the early 1800s. Courtesy photo/Wikipedia. February is Black History Month. Courtesy image/Metro. There are no ...

Right, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss is here for the reveal of “Explorer,” an eight-foot bronze sculpture interpretation of explorer Jean Baptiste Point DuSable on Oct. 8, 2023 in Evanston.

CHICAGO – City officials voted Friday to rename a segment of the iconic Lake Shore Drive for the first non-Indigenous permanent settler of Chicago: Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. DuSable, originally ...