Harvey Milk inspires Hudson Taylor

By Cyd Zeigler | December 9, 2010, 6:46 am PST

I got an email today from Columbia wrestling coach Hudson Taylor sharing a YouTube video of Harvey Milk’s famous “Hope” speech. He said the speech “always fires me up to get stuff done!” Hudson is an incredibly unique guy: Straight, engaged, and inspired by the gay movement. Check out the video that gets him going after the jump.

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