In early October of 2019, Raymond Turner, tennis teammate and Charles Sumner High School classmate, met with students in the freshman seminar on Understanding the Second Half of the Twentieth Century in the Life of Arthur Ashe. Turner not only shared stories about Ashe’s tennis prowess during his senior year of high school, but also offered his perspectives on the racial dynamics of St. Louis, Missouri and the opportunities and challenges they faced at the famous all-black high school. (Photo credit: Roxanne Neal)

It’s Fan Week at the U.S. Open and UCLA alum and tennis teammate of Arthur Ashe, Robert Rosenthal ’66 stopped by the Arthur Ashe Legacy booth to chat with the UCLA volunteers at the counter.

In his rousing commencement speech for the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, Ashraf Beshay 2019, paid tribute to the accomplishments of his fellow Bruin Arthur Ashe.