Arthur Ashe Oral History Project: Reception and Panelist Conversation

Please join us for an exclusive reception and panelist conversation on the Arthur Ashe Oral History Project, featuring Patricia Turner, a world arts and cultures and African American Studies professor and director of the Arthur Ashe Legacy, Yolanda Hester, oral history project director at the UCLA Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund and Chinyere Nwonye, oral historian and researcher with the Arthur Ashe Oral History Project. Reception starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by a presentation at 6 p.m.

Arthur Ashe Oral History Project

An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993, is an oral history series documenting stories from Ashe’s colleagues, associates, family and friends. The series not only touches upon epic developments in tennis, but also the many significant historical milestones that parallel his life, including the civil rights and women’s movements, the Vietnam War, the fall of apartheid in South Africa, and the AIDS/HIV crisis.