Year: 2021 | Arthur Ashe Legacy

Preserving the Image of “A Champion for Justice”: Arthur Ashe

October 14, 2021/in Oral History Project /by rmigdol

Twenty-four years ago, the USTA honored the late Arthur Ashe by etching his name on the U.S. Open stadium court, an act that heightened the significance of his contributions, not […]

Arthur Ashe: Champion for Justice

September 28, 2021/in Oral History Project /by rmigdol

Arthur Ashe ’66 was a champion. Not just on the tennis court — where he won 33 titles and set world records — but throughout his life, as a warrior […]

Oral history interviews resume at US Open

August 31, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

After 18 months of Zoom based oral history interviews, the Arthur Ashe Legacy Project resumed in-person interviews at the 2021 US Open. Dr. Edgar (Eddie) Mandeville and his wife Harriette […]

UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund Launches Ashe Internship at SPORTFIVE Agency

August 30, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Arthur Ashe‘s legacy will live on at UCLA in a new form with the debut of a summer internship offered to one UCLA student or recent graduate each year, supported […]

Solia Valentine Named Third Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar

July 19, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Solia Valentine, a sophomore majoring in computational and systems biology, has been awarded the third annual Arthur Asher Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes and supports students who exemplify the attributes, […]

UCLA Arthur Ashe Legacy Project announces membership of its Mellon Foundation Advisory Board

March 15, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund Advisory Board Member Biographies Adrienne Umeh Adrienne Umeh is the current assistant director of operations at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics in New […]

College Sports Can Be Exploitive. They Can Also Be a Lifeline.

March 15, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

I like to say I owe my life to college sports. In the 1950s, my father became one of the first African-Americans to play basketball at the University of Oregon. […]

Before the Open Era: African Americans in Tennis during the 50s and 60s

March 11, 2021/in Oral History Project Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Frances Tiafoe: My Letter to Arthur Ashe

January 6, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Dear Arthur, I did not have much growing up. My parents are both immigrants from Sierra Leone. My dad was a janitor at a tennis facility in Maryland, and I […]