Chicago’s ___ B. Wells Drive

IDA

["This street honors a pioneering African American journalist and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP and fought against lynching in the late 1800s."]

This clue refers to Ida B. Wells, a famous journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist from Chicago. The blank in "Chicago’s ___ B. Wells Drive" is filled with her first name, "Ida," which is also the answer. The street is named in her honor, so the clue is a straightforward reference to her legacy.