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George Jenkins grew up in Stella Wright Housing Projects in Newark, NJ. It was one of the poorest neighborhoods in America. He lived there for 7 years with his mother and father. George's father left when he was about two. George's mother remarried. George viewed his stepfather in the same way we'd view a favorite uncle. He got George where he needed to go, but as a man, he tended to keep to himself and tinker with his cars. Eventually, he left George's mother.