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Using Art to Unite a Divided Neighborhood

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Using Art to Unite a Divided Neighborhood
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Sedgwick Street in Chicago is a thoroughfare divided by race and socio-economics. The area was settled by German, Irish and Sicilian immigrants. But in the 1950s and '60s, when the original settlers began moving out, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans and so-called hippies started moving in. Today, Sedgwick Street remains a social and economic demarcation line between the haves and the have-nots. But as VOA's Mariama Diallo reports, one art studio owner hopes to use art to unite the neighborhood.

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