Chicago’s first permanent settler in 1779 was Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable, a fur and grain trader, whose name is now affiliated with Lake Shore Drive (renamed Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Lake ...

"Jean Baptiste Point du Sable from Haiti, Saint-Marc, founded Chicago, [and] discovered this midwestern territory," Brutus said. The event also marked 15 years since the catastrophic earthquake in ...

What's next To kick off Black History Month on Feb. 1, Pendleton will be on Michigan Avenue again, decorating and honoring Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.

NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the best performance you may not have seen yet. “For me, it means a lot,” says the acting veteran, sipping green tea on a recent ...

It may be awards season, but for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, family always takes center stage. During a recent interview with USA TODAY, the Oscar-nominated actress shared a personal update after her ...

For Britain’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste, her 30-years-later reunion with the legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh as the star of “Hard Truths,” in theaters now, has been a remarkable triumph.

No one last year gave a performance that comes close to what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in Hard Truths. Photo: Simon Mein/Thin Man Films Pansy Deacon, the London woman played by Marianne Jean ...

And then you start building a new character from that point.” In Secrets and Lies, Leigh and Jean-Baptiste created the delicately wistful, melancholy character of Hortense Cumberbatch ...

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