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A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.

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Saul Alinsky
Age: 63 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 30
Died: 1972
Died: June 12
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Human Rights Activist
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Chicago
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Saul David Alinsky
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