Category: 1960s | Arthur Ashe Legacy

The History Behind Angela Davis’ Arrest

Angela Davis in 2006. Image courtesy of Nick Wiebe. On August 18, 1970, Angela Yvonne Davis was named to the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list for her supposed […]

Honoring Ralph Bunche and His Legacy of Peace

August 8, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Civil Rights Education History US History /by Joe

1951 image of Ralph Bunche. Courtesy of The Library of Congress. A little over a century ago on August 7th, 1904, statesman, educator, Civil Rights figure and Nobel Prize winner […]

Recognizing James Baldwin’s Legacy

August 2, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Authors Civil Rights History Opportunity US History /by Joe

Image courtesy of The Library of Congress. On this day, August 2nd, 1924, James Baldwin, African-American essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, was born in Harlem, New York. Throughout his […]

Passing Grade: Patrick Francis Healy’s Academic Achievements

July 26, 2016/in 1960s All Catholicism First African American Passing Privilege Patrick Francis Healy /by Joe

Courtesy of Georgetown University. On this day in 1865, Patrick Francis Healy (1834-1910) earned his doctorate degree in philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, becoming the first […]

Tragedy in Mississippi: Looking back at a galvanizing event in the Civil Rights Movement

June 21, 2016/in 1960s African American History All Civil Rights Freedom Rides History Opportunity Protest /by Joe

FBI missing persons poster from 1964 showing Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. Today, June 21st, marks the anniversary of a terrible chapter in the Civil Rights struggle: when […]

Remembering Muhammad Ali

June 7, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Arthur Ashe Protest /by Joe

This past Friday, Muhammad Ali, 74, passed away in Arizona. One of the greatest athletes of all time, he rose from modest circumstances living under Jim Crow to transcend sport […]

Newly released short story by Langston Hughes

June 1, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Arthur Ashe Authors /by Joe

Photo by Gordon Parks for US Office of War Information Originally written in 1961, “Seven People Dancing” by Langston Hughes was just published this week in the New Yorker. Arnold Rampersad, […]

Celebrating the Legacy of Lorraine Hansberry

May 19, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Authors Civil Rights Protest /by Joe

Today is the birthday of playwright and writer Lorraine Hansberry, born on May 19, 1932. She is most famous for her celebrated work A Raisin in the Sun, a play […]

On Display

May 5, 2016/in 1960s African American History All American History Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Reconstruction Tennis UCLA /by Joe

As the school year winds down and people take advantage of vacation time and holidays, there are some new cultural activities relating to Arthur Ashe that might be of interest […]

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 […]