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Before $80K in student loans was erased, the Chicago Football Classic gave him hope. For 22 years, the Soldier Field event has boosted historically black colleges

CHICAGO - Jawuan Johnson, 25, is in the process of looking for homes in Atlanta and Chicago.

With roots laid while attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, the Englewood native wants to make sure his family in Chicago is taken care of while he pursues his dreams in the Peach State.

Johnson is the first male in his family to graduate high school in over 30 years, the first in his family to graduate college, and the first entrepreneur as CEO of a digital marketing startup.

Equipped with a degree in kinesiology - and debt-free after billionaire Robert

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