Douglass Park

Douglass Park is a large Chicago Park District park. It is also a cultural and community center on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The park was first named Douglas Park, named after the U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It was originally named South Park.^[1] Its 173 acres (0.70 km²) are in the North Lawndale community area with an official address of 1401 S. Sacramento Drive.^[2]

On July 22, 2020, it was voted that the park would be renamed Douglass Park, named after Frederick Douglass, during the racial unrest in the George Floyd protests.^[3]

References

1. Graf, John, Chicago's Parks Arcadia Publishing, 2000, p. 11., ISBN 0-7385-0716-4.
2. Despite several sources that indicate otherwise and despite the fact that Sacramento Avenue runs at 3000 West from 7558 North to 11258 South it has two sections where it has an alternate official name. It is Sacramento Boulevard from 934 north to 1156 South and it is Sacramento Drive in Douglas Park according to Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee, Streetwise Chicago, "Sacramento Avenue/Sacramento Boulevard/Sacramento Drive", p. 113, Loyola University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-8294-0597-6
3. "Park District Board Says of Douglas Park Name Change: 'It Will Be Done'". WWCI. 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.