Yesterday, New York Junior Tennis and Learning hosted its 29th Annual Leadership Awards Luncheon, honoring Doug Conant, Todd Martin, Alyssa Gordon, and Lonnie McKinstry. Both Gordon and McKinstry are NYJTL […]
PC: http://commons.wikimedia.org/ The onset of October brought with it many changes: cooler weather, color-changing foliage, the ubiquity of pumpkin spice flavors and scents. In addition, it also brought National Breast […]
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The 16th Annual Arthur Ashe Essay and Art Contest was sponsored annually by the USTA/NJTL. It asks USTA/NJTL participants to explain in 300 words or less, draw a picture or […]
The Arthur Ashe Learning Center is proud to be hosting our first ever Arthur Ashe Trivia Contest beginning on Monday, August 25!! We will be posting questions on Twitter (@AALC) […]
Tomorrow, America will remember Ida B. Wells-Barnett on her birthday. Wells was an African-American journalist and women’s rights and anti-lynching activist who became one of the earliest faces of the […]
Photo: Bengt Oberger A South African author and activist whose literary works helped to shine a brighter light upon the political and societal injustices in her home nation, Nadine Gordimer […]
A recently produced biopic from Ashe’s home state of Virginia, “Hometown Hero” recounts the legacy of the tennis player, educator and activist through the eyes of historians, friends and acquaintances. […]
What makes a legend? This question has always been the subject of great debate. Some individuals maintain that it is what one accomplishes throughout his or her lifetime that warrants […]
Russ Adams In the wake of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, we thought we would share this inspiring post by Michael Beschloss of the New York Times about Arthur’s challenging trajectory to […]