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Ald. Sophia King (4th), right, listens to speakers at a ceremonial unveiling of the new Ida B. Wells Drive sign at Harold Washington Library in Chicago on Feb. 11, 2019.
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Ald. Sophia King (4th), right, listens to speakers at a ceremonial unveiling of the new Ida B. Wells Drive sign at Harold Washington Library in Chicago on Feb. 11, 2019.
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Elected officials, dignitaries, award-winning journalists, activists and dozens of residents gathered at the Harold Washington Library on Feb. 11, 2019, to officially celebrate the first major Chicago street to carry the name of an African-American woman, Ida B. Wells. The road stretches from Grant Park west to the entrance to the Eisenhower Expressway.