2021 US Open: August 30 - September 12
Learn how you can help sustain and expand the activities of the Arthur Ashe Legacy at our virtual booth at the 2021 US Open.

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Solia Valentine Named Third Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar
A sophomore computational and systems biology major, Solia mentors youth through SHAPE @ UCLA and coaches tennis in her hometown of Berkeley, Calif.

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Christopher Kwok Speaks on Anti-Asian Racism Panel
On May 11, longtime Arthur Ashe US Open booth volunteer, Christopher Kwok, joined other Bruins in a panel entitled Bruins Speak: Anti-Asian Racism, Athletics and Social Justice, a Zoom presentation co-sponsored by Asian American Studies, the Institute for American Cultures, the Academic Advancement Program (AAP), UCLA Athletics, and the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund. Kwok’s remarks emphasized the role that Ashe’s activism, along with that of other celebrated black Bruin athletes, served as a model for the leadership role he is currently taking in nation-wide efforts to fight anti-Asian hate.
Arthur Ashe Legacy Project Awarded $150,000 Grant by Mellon Foundation
The grant will support the continued development of the Arthur Ashe Oral History Project, the Arthur Ashe: An Inspiration Tour museum exhibition, and other projects.

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Arthur Ashe Oral History Project Launches
The Oral History project, led by Yolanda Hester and Chinyere Nwonye, is launched on two coasts, with interviews of Ashe friends and colleagues Donald Dell, Carole Dell, Larry Nagler, Ken Bentley, Buzzy Hettleman, and his high school tennis teammate Raymond Turner.

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On October 30, 2019, friend and teammates Charlie Pasarell and Donald Dell shared stories about the impact of Arthur Ashe with students in African American Studies 19, Understanding the Second Half of the 20th Century Through the Life of Arthur Ashe.