Elbert T. Hudson dies; civic leader, Tuskegee airman and L.A. Police Commission's first black president was 96

Farewell to an outstanding American.
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Elbert T. Hudson dies; civic leader, Tuskegee airman and L.A. Police Commission's first black president was 96
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When the headquarters of the Broadway Federal Bank in South Los Angeles burned down during the 1992 L.A. riots, Elbert T. Hudson knew exactly what to do: rebuild.He and his son Paul C. Hudson reestablished the bank, founded by Hudson’s father, in a trailer across the street from the ruins of the old