Donate to the Historical Markers Fund

We Still Need Your Help to Establish the Heritage Trail

Your gift will ensure the Panthers’ history will not be forgotten.

Please donate today.

Please donate electronically by using the form. Checks can be mailed and made payable to: Historical Preservation Society ILBPP, 1507 E 53rd St, Suite 485, Chicago, IL 60615

The City of Chicago has approved our first historical marker installation at 2350 W. Madison, the former location of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party headquarters. We will hold a dedication ceremony there on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please join us!

Following the permit process, the remaining 11 historical markers in Chicago should be installed by September. We plan to host bus tours to the marker sites and a celebration during Black Panther Party History Month in October to commemorate the Black Panther Party's significant role in our community. We still need your help to establish the Heritage Trail. Please donate today.

Thank you to our sponsors and donors!

Inaugural Heritage Trail Sites

Site 1: Headquarters, 2350 W. Madison, demolished. Historical Marker Sponsor: The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation

Site 2: Fred Hampton, Mark Clark Assassination Site, 2337 W. Monroe, demolished. Historical Marker Sponsor: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party

Site 3: Rainbow Coalition Organizing, Breakfast Program, St. Dominic’s Church, 357 W. Locust, demolished. Historical Marker Sponsor: The North Side Cadre of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party

Site 4: First Breakfast Program, Better Boys Foundation, 1512 S. Pulaski, new structure. Historical Marker Sponsor: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party

Site 5: Meetings, Rallies, Political Education, People’s Church, 201 S. Ashland, same structure. Historical Marker Sponsor: The Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation

Site 6: Spurgeon “Jake” Winters People’s Medical Care Center, 3850 W. 16th Street, demolished. Historical Marker Sponsor: Willie and Donna Calvin, Dr. Cheryl Peterson, M.D., Lonnie Hall and additional donors

Site 7: First Southside Office, 233 E. 35th Street, demolished. Historical Marker Sponsor: The People

Site 8: Southside Headquarters, 4233 S. Indiana, demolished. Historical Marker Sponsor: The Honorable Bobby L. Rush, Diane Shelley and other donors

Site 9: Breakfast Program, Madden Park Field House, Ida B. Wells, 500 W. 37th Street. Historical Marker Sponsor: Landmarks Illinois Timuel D. Black, Jr. Grant Fund for Chicago’s South Side

Site 10: Breakfast Program, Altgeld Gardens, Our Lady of the Gardens Church, 13300 S. Langley, same structure. Historical Marker Sponsor: Trust for Public Land

Site 11: Panther Lawyers, People’s Law Office, 2156 N. Halsted, same structure. Historical Marker Sponsor: Trust for Public Land

Site 12: Meetings, Refuge, Church of the Holy Covenant, 925 W. Diversey. Historical Marker Sponsor: The Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation and other donors.

Site 13: Breakfast Program, Mark Clark, Ward Chapel, A.M.E., 511 Richard Allen Drive, Peoria, IL. Historical Marker Sponsor: Illinois Humanities