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March Madness and the Student Athlete

Photo courtesy of SD Dirk The end of March has come and gone, and while it has brought with it certain forms of madness, like the madness accompanying a far […]

New Book on Tennis with 30 Year Old Beginnings

March 31, 2015/in All /by Joe

Inspired by a conversation with Arthur Ashe thirty years ago, tennis coach C. Byron Buckley has published the new book “The Mental Dynamics of Tennis and Coaching.” If you are […]

Ain’t I A Woman?

March 31, 2015/in Abolition African American History All Sojourner Truth Womens History /by Joe

Photo Courtesy of Randall Studio via Wikimedia Commons As Women’s History Month ends, we want to take a moment to appreciate the immense and varied contributions of Sojourner Truth. Sojourner […]

Davis Cup Competition

March 19, 2015/in All Arthur Ashe Davis Cup Tennis /by Joe

Photo courtesy of Wiki Commons, Author B20180 Competition: it is at the heart of all sports and especially tennis. Whether at the amateur level or on a professional circuit, players […]

The Tallest Tree in the Forest

March 17, 2015/in African American History All Arthur Ashe Civil Rights College Football History Paul Robeson Sport /by Joe

Photo courtesy of Hard Road to Glory, Rutgers University Arthur Ashe was remarkable for the versatility of his interests and accomplishments: at different times assuming the role of athlete, scholar, […]

Your Vote is Currency

March 11, 2015/in 1960s African American History All Civil Rights Education History Opportunity President Obama Service /by Joe

Courtesy of womenon20s.org There is still more than a year until the 2016 Elections, but you can cast your vote right now for a different kind of change in the […]

An Event to Remember: Ashe Inducted into PTR Hall of Fame

March 9, 2015/in All Arthur Ashe Education Opportunity PTR Service Sport Tennis /by Joe

PTR CEO Dan Santorum, Johnnie Ashe, Dr. Jim Loehr and Pres. Roy Barth display Arthur’s notes from a 1991 PTR speech. © PTR On February 19, 2015 Arthur Ashe was […]

Arthur Ashe lectures on “Racism in Sports” in 1987

March 5, 2015/in All /by Joe

PC: Wikipedia Commons Listen to Arthur Ashe speak as part of the Celeste Bartos Forum at the New York Public Library in 1987 discussing “Racism in Sports.” Ashe discusses his findings […]

Where Are They Now? Updates about ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Winners

February 26, 2015/in AALC All Arthur Ashe Billie Jean King Cathy Freeman Dave Cullen Dean Smith Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah ESPN Ferguson George Weah Jim McLaren Kevin Tillman Loretta Claiborne Olympics Pat Tillman President Obama Service Sport Tennis Trevor Ringland /by Joe

The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage is one of the annual highlights of the ESPN ESPY awards, honoring a sports-related person that has made a significant humanitarian contribution in a […]

Fighting for Justice by Way of the Boardroom: Whitney Young and the Civil Rights Movement

February 23, 2015/in 1960s African American History All Business Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service /by Joe

The term unsung hero is often used to describe an individual whose accomplishments are often recognized and celebrated, but whose own identity is relatively unknown. In the Civil Rights Movement, one important […]