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Article: All the right moves: former champ teaches game of life through chess.(EVERYDAY HERO)(Orrin Hudson)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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At 14, Orrin Hudson was headed down a path traveled by countless young black men in his neighborhood. In the Birmingham, Alabama, housing project he called home--along with 12 siblings-Hudson cured his teenage boredom by stealing and selling inner tubes.
There were few outlets in his community and even fewer people who cared about yet another black male destined to enter the penal system. That was, until Hudson met James Edge, a white English teacher in his all black high school.
"He explained to me that every action has a consequence. He then taught me the game of life through chess," said Hudson. "I was voted most likely to succeed and outstanding student in my ...
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