Raby, the late civil rights leader and organizer of the 1963 ‘Freedom Day’ Boycott, was honored with a street dedication in Woodlawn, the neighborhood where he grew up.
By Nicole Jeanine Johnson
Oct 17, 2026, 5:30am CDT

Katanya Raby, granddaughter of Al Raby, holds a sign dedicated for her grandfather at the corner of South Cottage Grove Avenue and East 64h Street during a street sign unveiling for Al Raby in Woodlawn, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. Al Raby was a Chicago civil rights leader, educator, and political strategist.
Katanya Raby said she didn’t know the late civil rights leader Al Raby as the “big, larger than life




