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From the Washington Bureau:

When gang violence in Chicago exploded in 1992, Jawanza Kunjufu, an education consultant and author, found a church on Chicago’s south side and began a mentoring program for troubled black boys.

One of the early program volunteers was a tall, lanky community organizer named Barack Obama.

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