Chicago, IL
Officials to cut ribbon on Jackson Park track and field facility named for former Bear Bob Pickens
CHICAGO (WLS) — A ribbon-cutting will probably be held for a brand new observe and subject facility in Jackson Park Wednesday morning.
The power is being named to honor pioneering Black athlete and South Facet native Bob Pickens.
The Hyde Park Herald studies that he not solely performed for the Chicago Bears within the late 60s, however in 1964, he was the primary Black to wrestle within the Summer time Olympics.
Pickens was on the Chicago Park District board and died in 2018.
The Obama Basis is funding the brand new fieldhouse.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will probably be available for the occasion at sixty fourth Road and Stony Island Avenue at 9:30 a.m.
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