Come So Far, Yet So Far to Go: the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games
© Special Olympics “Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” These 15 words are recited every two years at the beginning of […]
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UCLA Tennis Teams Honored For Academic Excellence
Courtesy © UCLA Athletics, ITA Scholar-Athletes Kyle McPhillips (left) & Martin Redlikci (Photos: Scott Chandler) From childhood on, Arthur Ashe was always into books. Similarly to sports, books were a […]
The Death of a Civil Rights Activist Sandra Bland
© Heavy.com, Sandra Bland’s mugshot, left, and a photo from her Facebook page (Waller County Sheriff/Facebook) The death of 28-year-old black woman Sandra Bland has caused considerable controversy across the […]
Remembering Jane Bolin, First Black Female Judge in US History
©US Office of War Information, Jane Bolin (1942) 76 years ago on July 22nd, New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia appointed 31-year-old Jane Matilda Bolin to be Judge of the […]
The Haitian Exodus
©AALC, Arthur getting arrested in 1992 during a demonstration Arthur Ashe dedicated his final years to the championship of great causes: from creating justice for African-Americans, to combatting AIDS, to […]
Remembering the 1976 Lagos Tennis Classic
In 1976, World Championship Tennis introduced a new tournament in Lagos, Nigeria, the first pro tournament in Black Africa. Unfortunately, the timing coincided with a devastating political assassination and attempted […]
The Legacy of Arthur Ashe
© AALC, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe Revisiting the past can provide recollections of lasting memories. When it comes to Arthur Ashe, we account for an entire legacy of moments that have not […]
40th Anniversary of Arthur Ashe Wimbledon Win
Today marks the fortieth anniversary of Arthur Ashe’s historic victory over heavily favored Jimmy Connors at the All England Club. With his win he also became the first black man […]
Why White at Wimbledon?
©Gillmeister: Kulturgeschichte des Tennis. Willhelm Fink Verlag, München 1990. Original in possession of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, Church Road, Wimbledon, London. via Wiki Commons Images Wimbledon has been a pillar […]
Celebrating the Fourth of July: Black Military Service during the Revolutionary War
Continental soldiers at Yorktown; an African-American soldier of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment (left). Arthur Ashe was raised to view military service as an important duty, which was reflected in […]