Encyclopedia DePaulia: Fact, Fiction, Man, Myth

Encyclopedia DePaulia: Fact, Fiction, Man, Myth

In recent years, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable has been known by many titles. He is called the first non-Native resident of the Chicagoland area, Chicago’s founder and Chicago’s Black “father.” Most recently, Lakeshore Drive was renamed to commemorate him in 2021, but little is definitively known about his life. He was a man of African...