This weekend he is a cult hero for millions of young followers, has struck a business deal with Apple and hopes to move his entire family into a more upmarket neighbourhood. Living with his parents, siblings, nieces and nephews in Lincoln Park, where opportunities were few and far between, Dodson had few prospects of escape from his bleak surroundings. Seven months later, a young African-American from the poorest part of the town has vindicated that decision in a fashion that the judges could never have anticipated.Ī week ago, Antoine Dodson was just another boy from "the projects", the run-down housing estates which are a feature of every American town and city. Huntsville, read the February citation, "offered cultural experiences different from the typical vacation destination".
Earlier this year, the United States National Trust for Historic Preservation gave a special honour to the town of Huntsville, Alabama, naming it one of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2010.
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