These tour guides are fighting segregation in Chicago. Here’s how you can too.
Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, Chicago’s urban historian, leads his Mahogany Bus Tour of Bronzeville on June 18, 2023.
On a Saturday in May, the North Lawndale tour bus rolled to a stop behind the Douglass Park field house and an eclectic crowd eagerly climbed aboard. One ticket-holder wore a tweed jacket with collegiate elbow patches. Another had bright pink hair and a rainbow belt. According to Thomas, the tours attract some tourists and community members, but their most consistent customers are white suburbanites.
“Once you learn about the history of a place, it increases the value that you feel about that place, and it can make you question the things that you hear about it,” Johnson said. “That’s the aligned value system that Dilla and I have that made it such an easy partnership.” Mahogany Tours isn’t limited to North Lawndale. Other neighborhoods include Bronzeville, Englewood, Chatham, Pullman/Roseland and Bridgeport/Stockyard. Dates and reservations are atFor the North Lawndale tour, South Shore native Latoya Howery brought her grade-school-age daughter, coincidentally named Mahogany. “When I was growing up, I literally just knew about the South Side of Chicago, and only knew about the blocks or neighborhoods that I lived in,” Howery said.
Johnson noted two sources of hesitancy when launching the Folded Map Action Kit: one common among white suburbanites, and the other among Black residents of the South and West sides. “How you enter a neighborhood ultimately influences how you visit,” Johnson said. “So I tell people these neighborhoods are not a monolith. Englewood is not a monolith. You might feel: I don’t want to be extractive so I’m going to go and volunteer and do something. Who you meet when you go and volunteer might not be the full representation of that neighborhood. It’s not to minimize who you encounter, but it’s still not the full representation.
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