Keith O. Tate
Linda Zabors
Keith O. Tate was a leader of the Chatham Avalon Park Community Council (CAPCC) for more than 20 years. A community organization dedicated to improving the lives of neighbors through education, housing, and business. He also worked at the University of Illinois Medical Center for 25 years, and also Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and St. Mary’s Medical Center in Gary, Indiana.
CAPCC was co-founded in 1955 by Elwin Tate, who brought Keith to meetings and had him involved from a young age. In 1987 hundreds of residents were joined by Mayor Harold Washington in Cole Park to support a community development initiative which succeeded in raising money to buy and revitalize vacant properties; the event was featured on the television news program 60 Minutes. Through the years CAPCC attracted national retailers and black owned movie theaters to the community.
Alum
Colorado State University
Hales Franciscan High School
St. Dorothy Elementary School
Honorary Keith O. Tate Memorial WAY
East 79th Street between South Rhodes Avenue and South Lawrence Avenue
Approved: April 2024
Ward: 06
Alderman: William Hall
Neighborhood: Chatham
b. April 14, 1949
d. December 17, 2018. Age 69
Source
20247805
https://citizennewspapergroup.com/news/2019/feb/20/keith-ovid-tate-shining-star-greater-chatham-commu/