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  • Key to restoring Chicago's Bronzeville? Asking the kids out to play

    Apr 15, 2019 11:15 am by Heather SchlitzOutreach
    William Conwill, center, a professor in the Department of African American Studies, poses with Illinois students for a photo near Chicago's Oakwood Community Center. Students worked with a non-profit organization to strengthen community bonds on the city's south side. (Photo courtesy of The Community Builders.)

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    About 20 Illinois students spent the summer trying to get kids in Chicago’s struggling Bronzeville neighborhood to get outdoors and socialize, an effort led by the Department of African American Studies.

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