Copies of Tonti’s journals are available in the Library of Congress and the Newberry Library. Tonti even had a Chicago Public School named after him, but it has since been renamed to reflect the Hispanic majority in the Southwest Side neighborhood.
Minnie Miñoso Academy— the building formerly known as George McClellan Elementary, located just a few blocks west of Sox ballpark Guaranteed Rate Field— was celebrated Thursday with a back-to-school bash ahead of opening day in Chicago Public Schools on Monday. The Hall of Famer was a multi-season all-star who spent part of 12 seasons with the Sox and also.
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Five more Chicago public schools are getting new names, some of them to replace racist or problematic namesakes, as the school system unveiled a new process Wednesday for more schools to be renamed in the future.
Chicago Public Schools officials have been working on an updated naming policy for more than two years after a Chicago Sun-Times investigation found 30 schools were named for slaveholders.