Chicago’s Urban Historian Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas Raises Funds for Affordable Bus Tours

Dilla hopes to offer his history tours at a lower rate through a partnership with the Greater Auburn Gresham Community Development Corporation. He’s spent the past few months partnering with bus companies and paying transportation fees out of pocket. But if he could secure his own bus, he says that he would be able to not only lower tour ticket prices, but offer free tours all together.“I add a different perspective than the average historian,” Dilla says.

“I for sure cried [when watching the doc],” Dilla said. “Especially when they showed pictures of my parents. Whether we all want to admit it or not, we secretly are just trying to make Mama proud. That’s my mission right there. My parents no longer with us, but I hope that wherever they are, they’re proud of me. So to see them on the screen, to see my kids was touching.”, it’s being a father that Dilla says is the role he’ll always be the most proud of.

By the end of the evening, Dilla secured first place in his family’s competition, exceeding donations, courtesy of a whopping $100,000 from the Chicago Community Trust and $25,000 from the Chicago Bears. It’s with these funds that he hopes to tell a Chicago story reflective of the city he grew up in with Chicago Mahogany Tours.

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas speaks to the crowd at a March 31, 2022, fundraiser for his Chicago Mahogany Tours.

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