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Celebrating National Volunteer Week

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Volunteer Week, an annual celebration in the United Sates and Canada that aims to inspire and encourage individuals to engage with their communities through […]

From the Salt March to Civil Rights

April 6, 2016/in 1960s African American History All Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Protest /by Joe

One often hears the names Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. used during conversations about civil disobedience and freedom. It is also well known that King cited Gandhi as […]

Gender Equality in Tennis: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back

March 22, 2016/in All /by Joe

Photo by Beth Wilson for Tennis Connected via Flickr It was an eventful Indian Wells tournament for a variety of reasons: Serena Williams returned to the finals for the first […]

More than Just a Good Player: Paul Teasley’s Personal Recollection of Arthur Ashe in 1967

March 16, 2016/in 1960s All Arthur Ashe Tennis /by Joe

Detail of the graphic on Teasley’s ball boy shirt Today we feature Paul Teasley’s memories of meeting Arthur Ashe and watching him and others play during the 1967 U.S. Clay […]

The Fall Out from Sharapova’s Positive Drug Test

March 14, 2016/in All /by Joe

When Maria Sharapova called a last-minute press conference on March 7th, 2016 many fans and press members speculated that she would be announcing her retirement. But what they heard in […]

International Women’s Day 2016: #PledgeforParity

March 8, 2016/in All /by Joe

© www.internationalwomensday.com Today, March 8th, marks International Women’s Day (IWD): a globally recognized day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and advocating for gender equality. Observed […]

Remembering Bud Collins

March 7, 2016/in All Sport Tennis /by Joe

The Enduring Legacy of Andrew Young

February 29, 2016/in African American History All American History Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Protest Service /by Joe

Photograph by Warren K. Leffler Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young in 1965 For ArthurAshe.org’s final Black History Month installment, we turn our attention to Andrew Young. […]

More than Just Words: Barbara Jordan’s Strong Politics

February 25, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service Womens History /by Joe

Photo by Thomas J. O’Halloran. Photo by Warren K. Leffler. The AALC Black History Month celebration continues with our profile of Barbara Jordan: an American politician, lawyer and educator who, […]

Behind the Scenes: The Work of Augustus Hawkins

February 23, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service US Congress /by Joe

Augustus Hawkins’ congressional portrait Hawkins in 1962 Today for Black History Month, we honor Augustus F. Hawkins, a well-known Democrat politician and the first African-American from California to serve in […]