It’s a proud ward with a rich, storied history, home to the famous Brown Sugar Bakery, Lem’s Bar-B-Q and the Woodshop Art Gallery, which has featured the works of some of Chicago’s most acclaimed Black artists, including Annie Lee and Margaret Burroughs.
Past residents have included civil rights icon Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till; the late Mayor Eugene Sawyer and Mahalia Jackson, considered by many to be the greatest gospel singer of all time.
