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Created page with "== Early Life and Education == Thomas Sowell was born on June 30, 1930, in Gastonia, North Carolina. He was the youngest of five children in a family that faced significant economic hardships during the Great Depression. After his father's death shortly before his birth, Sowell's mother moved the family to Harlem, New York City, in search of better opportunities. Growing up in Harlem, Sowell attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School but dropped out at the age of 1..."