Fond Dudley memories
Among many of the reasons my times at Dudley High School were so important to me, were e-mails like this one that came over the weekend:
Hello, Mr Johnson, While searching "Dudley High 1972," I came across your blog and read about the first graduating class with white students in 1973.
I was one of 3 white seniors at Dudley in 1972. My family moved from Mogadore, Ohio, in August of 1971 and I started at Dudley at the begining of the school year. In Mogoadore Ohio.
The closest that we had to black people were the Lebanese family that ran the pizza place. You can imagine my surprise on my first day at Dudley. My one year at Dudley was the best year of my high shool experiance. I am 54 now and have lost touch with everyone that I knew from Dudley and have trouble remembering names (even my own) sometimes but I will always remember the good times and unbelievable acceptance this long-haired white boy got at Dudley High.
Thanks.
Steve Sims
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