United States, Georgia, Upson County, Thomaston, 32.88819, -84.326591708/2022Martha Hudson, an Olympic gold medalist in track and field, taught at Upson Lee North Elementary School in Thomaston for more than thirty years. She was inducted into the hall of fame at Tennessee State University, her alma mater, in 1983 and into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.Photograph of Martha Hudson. She wears a jacket and pearls. She faces forward and smiles.Hudson, an Olympic track and field gold medal winner and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-American, is a native of Eastman, Georgia. She taught for more than thirty years at Upson Lee North Elementary School in Thomaston, Georgia. She was inducted into the Tennessee State University Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/martha-hudson-b-1939Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/martha-hudson-b-1939Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaAthletes--Georgia--ThomastonAfrican American athletes--Georgia--ThomastonWomen athletes--Georgia--ThomastonAfrican American women athletes--Georgia--ThomastonTrack and field athletes--Georgia--ThomastonWomen--Georgia--ThomastonAfrican American women--Georgia--ThomastonTeachers--Georgia--ThomastonAfrican American teachers--Georgia--ThomastonWomen teachers--Georgia--ThomastonElementary school teachers--Georgia--ThomastonHudson, Martha, 1939-Martha HudsonStillImage