Hudson left home to get a major shot

Greensboro native left segregated South for Minnesota to be a star -- Living in Greensboro in the 1950s and early '60s, Hudson would sit on his front porch, listening on the radio to the exploits of players like North Carolina's Lenny Rosenbluth and Wake Forest's Len Chappell. But as Hudson developed into one of the state's best high school players at Greensboro's all-black Dudley High, he knew his college choices would be limited by the color barrier ... Full Story »

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by Jim Lang - Mar. 1, 2009

Black experience through the story of a high school basketball star. Well done human interest story that reminds of where we were not so long ago.

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