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An Event to Remember: Ashe Inducted into PTR Hall of Fame

PTR CEO Dan Santorum, Johnnie Ashe, Dr. Jim Loehr and Pres. Roy Barth display Arthur’s notes from a 1991 PTR speech. © PTR On February 19, 2015 Arthur Ashe was […]

Fighting for Justice by Way of the Boardroom: Whitney Young and the Civil Rights Movement

February 23, 2015/in 1960s African American History All Business Civil Rights Education History Opportunity Service /by Joe

The term unsung hero is often used to describe an individual whose accomplishments are often recognized and celebrated, but whose own identity is relatively unknown. In the Civil Rights Movement, one important […]

AALC presents: What is HIV?

December 4, 2014/in AIDS Disease Education Health Well Being /by Joe

World AIDS Day 2014

December 1, 2014/in AIDS Arthur Ashe Disease Education Health History Well Being World Health Organization /by Joe

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 […]

Jane M. Bolin: The African-American Female Pioneer

July 22, 2014/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 […]

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

March 27, 2014/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 […]

Arna Bontemps: A man of letters, and so much more

February 27, 2014/in Arna Bontemps Authors Education /by Joe

Arna Bontemps was a prominent literary figure throughout the first half of the twentieth century, particularly notable due to his influence on African American literature and culture. “His career as […]

Willard Motley’s Chicago Style

February 20, 2014/in 1960s Authors Education History Travel /by Joe

A Look Back: Figure Skater Debi Thomas

February 19, 2014/in Education History Olympics Sport /by Joe

Today the world tunes in to the Sochi Olympic Games to watch the Women’s short program in figure skating that, in combination with the long program that occurs tomorrow, will […]

Trying to Grapple with the Big Problem: The Writings of Richard Wright

February 10, 2014/in Authors Civil Rights Education History Poetry /by Joe

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 […]