Celebrating #MandelaDay
Courtesy of The London School of Economics and Political Science On July 18, 1918, leader and revolutionary Nelson Mandela was born. In 2009 it was unanimously decided by members of […]
April 27, 1994: Change comes to South Africa
/in Africa All Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Mandela Opportunity Protest /by JoeFrederik de Klerk & Nelson Mandela at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 1992. © World Economic Forum Twenty-two years ago today, South Africa and the world were forever changed […]
The Enduring Legacy of Andrew Young
/in African American History All American History Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Protest Service /by JoePhotograph 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. […]
The Death of a Civil Rights Activist Sandra Bland
/in #BlackLivesMatter All American History Apartheid Civil Rights Sandra Bland /by Joe© 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 […]
The Legacy of Arthur Ashe
/in 1960s African American History All Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Mentorship NJTL Opportunity Service Sport Student Athlete Tennis Wimbledon /by Joe© 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 […]
Looking Back at Ashe’s Historic Visit to South Africa
/in All Apartheid Arthur Ashe History Opportunity Sport Tennis Travel /by Joe© AALC Not so long ago in South Africa, harsh discrimination was used to rule and segregate the country. This was during Apartheid and that gloomy period sparked a socially […]
Nelson Mandela: South African hero and advocate for AIDS awareness
/in Africa AIDS Apartheid Arthur Ashe Disease Health Healthcare History Mandela /by JoeToday marks the first anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela, the South African activist, politician, philanthropist and lawyer who worked to eradicate apartheid in his home nation and was […]
Nelson Mandela & Arthur Ashe: The Untold Story
/in Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Mandela /by JoePC: South Africa The Good News Iconic. Revolutionary. The father of South Africa. Madiba. These are just a few of the many titles bestowed upon Nelson Mandela throughout the course […]
“[Arthur] defined himself…He was different”
/in 1960s Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education Mandela Poetry Sport Tennis Travel Wimbledon /by Joe© 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 […]
Remembering Nelson Mandela: “Sport has the power to change the world”
/in Apartheid Arthur Ashe Commemorations History Mandela Olympics Sport Tennis /by Joe© 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 […]
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