The Chicago Park District Board voted unanimously to change the name of Douglas Park on the West Side to Douglass Park, after the African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
The Chicago Park District Board voted unanimously to change the name of Douglas Park on the West Side to Douglass Park, after the African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
It’s a landmark decision – the first time officials are removing the name of an historical figure from a Chicago park, and..