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World AIDS Day 2014

World AIDS Day was created by the World Health Organization to honor those affected by HIV and AIDS. Celebrated annually on December 1st, conferences, lectures and events are hosted to remember its […]

Obama and “My Brother’s Keeper”: Empowerment and Mentoring

July 24, 2014/0 Comments/in Arthur Ashe Mentorship President Obama /by Joe

PC: Center for American Progress Action Fund Mentors. They might be friends or family, or maybe a teacher or coach. They might be a celebrity or an athlete, someone you […]

Jane M. Bolin: The African-American Female Pioneer

July 22, 2014/0 Comments/in Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Service /by Joe

Jane M. Bolin in 1942 On this very day seventy-five years ago, Jane M. Bolin became a pioneer for African-American females in law when she became the first black female […]

Nelson Mandela & Arthur Ashe: The Untold Story

July 18, 2014/0 Comments/in Apartheid Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Mandela /by Joe

PC: 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 […]

“If I can do it, you can do it. That was his message.”

March 27, 2014/0 Comments/in Arthur Ashe Education Mandela Service /by Joe

On February 6, 1993 Arthur Ashe died of AIDS-related pneumonia in New York at the age of 49. His body was laid in state at the Governor’s Mansion in his hometown […]

“[Arthur] defined himself…He was different”

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Arthur on African-American Athletes

January 14, 2014/0 Comments/in Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Education History Olympics Sport /by Joe

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 […]

2013 Ashe-Barley Lecture in honor of World AIDS Day

December 5, 2013/0 Comments/in AIDS Arthur Ashe Education Healthcare /by Joe

From left to right: AAEDA Director Dr. Henry Murray, Dr. Christopher Barley, 2013 lecturer Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, AAEDA Director and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Dr. […]

The Arthur Ashe 20th Anniversary Commemoration

February 24, 2013/2 Comments/in Arthur Ashe Arthur Ashe Commemorations Service /by Joe

On the 20th Anniversary of Arthur Ashe’s death, the Arthur Ashe Learning Center held an event at the New York Times building in New York City celebrating his life and […]

Ashe Award Winners | ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Special Video

July 9, 2010/0 Comments/in Arthur Ashe Billie Jean King Cathy Freeman Civil Rights Connie Sanders Dave Cullen Dave Sanders Dean Smith Dustin Hoffman Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah ESPN George Weah Jim McLaren Kabul Girls’ Soccer Kevin Tillman Kiefer Sutherland Lisa Beamer Loretta Claiborne Pat Tillman Samuel L. Jackson Sidney POitier Todd Beamer Trevor Ringland /by Joe

Beginning in 1993, the ESPN ESPY Awards have annually given out the Arthur Ashe Awards for Courage to an athlete or sports-related person or people who have displayed tremendous fortitude […]