Phillis Wheatley - 902 E. 133rd Place
         Wheatley (1753-1784) was a slave whose poetry was celebrated in the U.S. and
          Europe. She was freed in 1772.
 
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - 2710 S. Dearborn St.
           Williams (1858-1931) founded Provident Hospital in 1891 and was the first physician
            to successfully perform open heart surgery.

Carter G. Woodson - 4414 S. Evans Ave.
           Woodson (1875-1950) is called the Father of Black History, as he established Black
            History Week in 1926. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and
            History.

Richard Wright - 627 N. Harding Ave.
          Wright (1908-1960) was an internationally acclaimed novelist. Among his many
           works is Native Son which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in many
           languages.

Whitney M. Young, Jr. - 211 S. Laflin Ave.
          Young (1921-1971) was executive director of the National Urban League and a civil
           rights activist. He died in a swimming accident while visiting Africa.

*Upon the death of Mayor Harold Washington, Loop College, 30 E. Lake St. was renamed,
  Washington College in his honor. Likewise, the new central library for the City of
  Chicago has been named the Harold Washington Library.