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Where Barnhil grew up, on the east side of Detroit, trash accumulates on the sidewalks. Relatives live paycheck to paycheck. Young men are shot and die in the streets...
Four years ago, Barnhill came to Harvard as a Marx-toting freshman from one of the poorest neighborhoods in Detroit. He dreamed of being part of the revolution. “I wanted to dismantle capitalism,” he says...
Barnhill is determined to be there. He wants to help change his neighborhood—jump-start Detroit out of its economic malaise...
...DETROIT BALLROOM...
When Barnhill graduates this spring, his mother says, there are many people in the neighborhood who would like to be there. They can’t afford the trip; money is tight on the east side of Detroit. But after cheering him on for four years, they want to see him get his diploma...