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CHANGE

THE

NAME

Young freedom fighters fight to change the name of a major park from the namesake of a slave owner to abolitionists Anna and Frederick Douglass.

STRATEGIES

How did we do it?

Student activists and educators from Village Leadership Academy campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. 

THE FILM

THE FILM

Read some of the organizers' most compelling speeches.

IN OUR OWN WORDS

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