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Napoleon Jones-Henderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1943, to Minnie Maxine Washington and Woodrow Lewis Henderson. From his earliest days, he was enveloped in the warmth and resilience of family, growing up in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
As the family grew, Napoleon became the eldest of eight siblings. During his teenage years he worked at his grandfather’s store, learning entrepreneurship and self‑reliance. Later, when his mother married John Unger, he …
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