The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This day in 1885, Mark Twain published the popular and controversial, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Now a core of part of the American literary cannon, approximately 200,000 copies are […]
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Zora Neale Hurston: A female perspective on voice and identity in black folk and literary culture
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. Hurston’s literary career hit its stride in the 1930’s and 1940’s when she publishedTheir Eyes Were Watching God; […]
Heart Health Matters!
Arthur Ashe suffered his first heart attack in 1979, while holding a tennis clinic in New York. He was forty-six years old. Despite his peak physical condition as a professional […]
Trying to Grapple with the Big Problem: The Writings of Richard Wright
Photograph © Carl Van Vechten Richard Wright was one of the most important black novelists of the 20th century, and “easily the most famous Negro novelist of the decade,” as […]
Russell Wilson, “I’m still learning and I’m on a constant quest for knowledge.”
At age 25, this was not only Russell Wilson’s second year with the Seattle Seahawks but also his second year playing pro football with the NFL. In the media blitz […]
“[Arthur] defined himself…He was different”
© Inside Tennis In the current issue of Inside Tennis Magazine, Bill Simons sits down one-on-one with Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe to discuss her first impressions of Arthur Ashe, what he was like as […]
A Nexus: MLK and the State of Poverty in America
The month of January exhibits an interesting intersection between a cause, ‘National Poverty in America Awareness Month,’ and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday, the champion of the American Civil […]
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
In February of 1968, Arthur Ashe, then a lieutenant at West Point, received a letter from Martin Luther King, Jr. At that time, he had yet to win a Grand […]
Arthur on African-American Athletes
In 1989, having just published A Hard Road to Glory, Arthur Ashe speaks with Harold Dow about African-Americans in sports and the role that African-American athletes have played in the greater […]
Remembering Nelson Mandela: “Sport has the power to change the world”
© Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe When activist and leader Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment, one of the first people he asked to meet was Arthur Ashe. One ideal […]