Gethmus Lavender, Wardell Lavender’s brother, on April 11, 2021. “He just got fed up with the way the conditions were for people in the community and people living in the city of Chicago,” Gethmus Lavender said about his brother’s transition into activism. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Community activist Wardell Lavender, known to many as the ‘Mayor of Woodlawn,’ dies at 80
