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 […]
©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 […]
© 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 […]
© Ed Goldman NYJTL participants, led by Director Fay Ann Lee, conduct the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem. © Ed Goldman On June 15, New York Junior Tennis and […]
Photo by Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine On this day, June 11th 1963, one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights Movement occurred: the Stand […]
© Skywalker, via Wikicommons June 7th marked the anniversary of the arrest of Homer Plessy for the violation of the Louisiana 1890 Separate Car Act. Plessy’s arrest in 1892 escalated […]
Photo via Flickr Creative Commons User: Jacky Nguyen During college, Arthur Ashe not only represented his country in Davis Cup and won NCAA titles, but he was also an active […]
In 1991 Arthur Ashe founded Virginia Heroes in his hometown of Richmond. It was created to connect sixth-graders with mentors who came from similar backgrounds to serve as inspiration in […]
Photo courtesy of SD Dirk The end of March has come and gone, and while it has brought with it certain forms of madness, like the madness accompanying a far […]
Courtesy of womenon20s.org There is still more than a year until the 2016 Elections, but you can cast your vote right now for a different kind of change in the […]