Unsurprisingly, accounts of du Sable’s role in the founding of Chicago have undergone major changes in recent years. As early as 1933, Milo Milton Quaife suggested that the ‘sober historical record …discloses him as a man in whom the modern city may take legitimate pride,’ although the grounds for this pride depend heavily on Quaife’s belief that ‘in [du Sable’s] veins coursed the best blood of France.’    

It is only since the 1960s, however, that du Sable’s full significance has been acknowledged, and in October 1968, the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago officially recognised him as the founder of Chicago. A 22 cent stamp was issued depicting him as part of the Stamp on Black History series, and several books have been published about him. In 1996, the Studio Z theatre group staged Dan Zellner’s play, DuSable, in Chicago, and Zellner established an extensive website tracing du Sable’s origins and the development of the play. Although the site does cite many historical documents, it recognises that, in addition to some verified facts, these records contain ‘fictional accounts, speculations, and everything else in between!’

(Source: http://www.artswire.org/~studio/dusable/source.html)

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