Ida B. Wells’ Gets Chicago Street Named in Her Honor
February 12, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — It’s now official, Ida B. Wells Drive is a major downtown Chicago thoroughfare, the first in the area to carry the name of an African-American woman. Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster, said Monday she had to remind herself to breathe and take it all in as she walked to the official renaming ceremony. She called the honor a “really big achievement.” Born into slavery in Mississippi, Wells became a schoolteacher and created the first kindergarten for black children. She settled on Chicago’s South Side in 1894 after her life was threatened. Also known by her married