Named in honor of Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, a Haitian fur trader and the first non-Native-American permanent settler in Chicago, the DuSable Museum of African American History is the first and oldest museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art. The holdings include more than 15,000 paintings, drawing, sculptures, books, [...]
Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, Chicago, IL
Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, a black man of Haitian and French descent, settled on the banks of the Chicago River in about 1773, when the land that would become Illinois was still a part of the British Empire. DuSable operated a thriving trading post and farm near where present-day Michigan Avenue crosses the Chicago [...]
A. Philip Randolph/Pullman Porter Museum, Chicago, IL
Founded in 1995 by Lyn Hughes, the A. Phillip Randolph/Pullman Porter Museum is named for the Pullman porters and the leader of their groundbreaking union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, who together formed the first African-American labor union in the country. This fine collection of well-preserved photographs and memorabilia serve to illustrate and commemorate a milestone [...]
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