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Mississippi student finds Hyde Park unity inspiring
Bennie Thompson, 19, a Bolton Mississippi native and Tougaloo College student, works with the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference this summer. He studies at the University of Chicago and notes Chicago's diversity and nonvisible segregation, urging education and organized outreach while sharing Delta voter-registration lessons and SNCC ideas. Thompson plans to return south and uses Hyde Park as a model for new community programs. He will stay at 5213 Kenwood with Robert Burns and is moved by the area’s acceptance of all people.
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