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Solia Valentine Named Third Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar

July 19, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Solia Valentine, a sophomore majoring in computational and systems biology, has been awarded the third annual Arthur Asher Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes and supports students who exemplify the attributes, […]

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UCLA Arthur Ashe Legacy Project announces membership of its Mellon Foundation Advisory Board

March 15, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund Advisory Board Member Biographies Adrienne Umeh Adrienne Umeh is the current assistant director of operations at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics in New […]

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College Sports Can Be Exploitive. They Can Also Be a Lifeline.

March 15, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

I like to say I owe my life to college sports. In the 1950s, my father became one of the first African-Americans to play basketball at the University of Oregon. […]

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Before the Open Era: African Americans in Tennis during the 50s and 60s

March 11, 2021/in Oral History Project Uncategorized /by rmigdol
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Frances Tiafoe: My Letter to Arthur Ashe

January 6, 2021/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Dear Arthur, I did not have much growing up. My parents are both immigrants from Sierra Leone. My dad was a janitor at a tennis facility in Maryland, and I […]

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Arthur Ashe Legacy Project Awarded $150,000 Grant by Mellon Foundation

December 9, 2020/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol
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Preserving the Legacy

August 11, 2020/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

He strolled into Westwood as a student for the first time in 1961, a pioneer before his 18th birthday. He excelled as a Bruin and beyond, blossoming into one of […]

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What Johnnie Ashe Did for His Brother, Fifty Years Ago

February 11, 2020/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

It was not always easy being Arthur Ashe’s brother. How could it have been? “I was constantly being compared to Arthur, being asked why I wasn’t a clone of Arthur,” […]

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Brother’s heroic act of love let Arthur Ashe make tennis history

February 11, 2020/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

Venus and Serena Williams share a close bond despite their ongoing tennis rivalry. Students of the Arthur Ashe legacy, the sisters can still learn something from the mighty brotherly gesture […]

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USTA celebrates the U.S. Military during the 50th U.S. Open

February 11, 2020/in Uncategorized /by rmigdol

The United States Tennis Association hosted the seventh annual U.S. Open Military Appreciation Day Monday at the 2018 U.S. Open in Flushing, New York. Department of Defense service members and […]

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