December 11, 2019
After growing up poor in the West Englewood neighborhood with his mother and younger sister, Maurice Washington, 27, now lives in Kenwood and is a part-time graduate student at the University of
Chicago. Photo credit: By Wendell Hutson
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ONCE HOMELESS, HYDE PARK MAN IS NOW A UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLAR
After growing up poor in the West Englewood neighborhood, Maurice Washington said he endured homelessness and ran with a local gang long before he became a graduate student at one of the top universities in the country.