Melvin Johnson, then an investigator with the Chicago Housing Authority police department, was tired of seeing at-risk youth being locked up.
So in 1996, he started a non-profit organization that allows them to bounce away from troubles: The Teenage Basketball Association.
It is geared toward youth- both boys and girls-as young as 10 and as old as 25. The youth who have participated have predominately been Black boys and about 75 percent of the participants graduate from high school and go on to attend college, according to 49-year-old Johnson.
To date, 1,000 youth have been a part of the organization that awards college scholarships, provides job and entrepreneur …
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