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Chicago Residents Fight To Bring Basketball Courts Back To Beverly
Shanya Gray, lead festival organizer for the Juneteenth Festival of Beverly Morgan Park, said courts have been gone for decades.
June 14, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) — Kids and adults in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood are fighting to return basketball courts to their local park.
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It's a simple game of basketball that Beverly young men want to play in their neighborhood, Ridge Park.
"It, like, brings out another version of me," said 11-year-old Jordan Hester.
