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==Early life==
==Early life==
Alinsky was born on January 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian-Jewish<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404700151.html Saul David Alinsky]</ref> parents Benjamin and Sarah Tannenbaum Alinsky.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tKxOpAh78IsC&pg=PA12 American Social Leaders and Activists]</ref> While living in Chicago, he attended Marshall High School.<ref name=rebel>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sWzWAAAAMAAJ Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky, His Life and Legacy], p. 551</ref> His parents divorced when he was thirteen.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AC9c8DbURckC&pg=PT220 The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame]</ref>
Alinsky was born on January 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian-Jewish<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404700151.html Saul David Alinsky]</ref> parents Benjamin and Sarah Tannenbaum Alinsky.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tKxOpAh78IsC&pg=PA12 American Social Leaders and Activists]</ref> While living in Chicago, he attended Marshall High School.<ref name=rebel>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sWzWAAAAMAAJ Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky, His Life and Legacy], p. 551</ref> His parents divorced when he was thirteen.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AC9c8DbURckC&pg=PT220 The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame]</ref> Early on, Alinsky was educated in an Orthodox Yeshiva,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dnUTcPa3YwQC&pg=PA213 Judaism and Justice: The Jewish Passion to Repair the World]</ref> where he learned the teachings of [[Rabbi Hillel]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NNqa8dmAZusC&pg=PT143 Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition]</ref>
After moving to California with his Father and graduating from Hollywood High School,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NN5GAAAAMAAJ American Social Leaders], p. 12</ref> he attended the [[University of Chicago]], where he received a doctorate in archaeology. In addition, he was awarded a fellowship in sociology which he never completed.
After moving to California with his Father and graduating from Hollywood High School,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NN5GAAAAMAAJ American Social Leaders], p. 12</ref> he attended the [[University of Chicago]], where he received a doctorate in archaeology. In addition, he was awarded a fellowship in sociology which he never completed.