The famous song about Chicago’s iconic lakefront roadway might soon need to be amended to “slippin’ on by on Jean Baptiste, Friday night trouble bound.” Aldermen on Friday debated naming Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the Black man who’s credited with founding Chicago.
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