Dr. Donda West, scholar and mother of Kanye West, honored with street name in South Shore

Part of a street on Chicago's South Side was honorarily renamed Tuesday for Dr. Donda West, a scholar and the mother of rap star Kanye West.A ceremony was held Tuesday at the corner of 78th Street and South Shore Drive in the South Shore neighborhood. A brown street sign proclaimed 78th Street in the area Dr. Donda West Way.Dr. West served as a professor at Chicago State University for more than two decades. She was chair of the English Department, and founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing."Dr. Donda West was not only a scholar — she was a builder of people, a cultivator of talent, and a champion for Black creativity and intellectual excellence," said Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th). "For nearly three decades at Chicago State University, Dr.