About this video: "The Importance of Education"
Arthur Ashe relates the impact of books and education on his own live, including the importance of finishing school and maintaining a lifelong dedication to learning. Video courtesy of The Arthur Ashe Foundation
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Books by Arthur Ashe
Advantage Ashe (as told to Clifford George Gewecke, Jr.). New York: Coward-McCann, 1967.
Portrait in Motion: The Arthur Ashe Diary (with Frank Deford). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Mastering Your Tennis Strokes. New York: Atheneum, 1976.
Getting Started in Tennis (with Louie Robinson). New York: Atheneum/SMI, 1977.
Arthur Ashe's Tennis Clinic (with Neil Amdur). New York: Distribution by Simon & Schuster, 1981.
Off the Court. New York: New American Library, 1981.
A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete vol. 1-3 (with the assistance of Kip Branch, Oceania Chalk, and Francis Harris). New York: Amistad: Distributed by Penguin USA, 1993.
Days of Grace: A Memoir (with Arnold Rampersad). New York: Alfred A. Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1993.
Arthur Ashe on Tennis: Strokes, Strategy, Traditions, Players, Psychology, and Wisdom (with Alexander McNab). New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1995.
Summer Reading List from the Ashe Library
The following books are selections from the large library that Arthur Ashe left behind. As an avid reader, he had books spanning every genre\. In particular, he had many volumes concerning sports history and African-Americans. He also had a passion for first or early editions. These lists are suggestions, divided according to age/reading level. If you would like more information about Arthur Ashe’s library please email info@arthurashe.org.
Early Readers
**Please note that many of the Early Readers’ books were published after Arthur’s death but are about him or are part of his family’s library**
Cunningham, Kevin. Arthur Ashe: Athlete and Activist. Chanhassen, MN: The Child’s World, 2005.
Dexter, Robin. Young Arthur Ashe: Brave Champion. Troll Associates, 1996.
Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne. Daddy and Me: A Photo Story of Arthur Ashe and His daughter, Camera. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Parker, Toni Trent. Being Me: A Keepsake Scrapbook for African American Girls. New York: Scholastic Inc., 2002.
Parker, Toni Trent. Snowflake Kisses and Gingerbread Smiles. New York: Scholastic, Cartwheel Books, 2002.
Parker, Toni Trent. Sweets and Treats. New York: Scholastic, Cartwheel Books, 2002.
Rand, Donna and Toni Trent Parker. Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Girls. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001.
Rand, Donna and Toni Trent Parker. Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books About Boys. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001.
Wright, David K. Arthur Ashe: Breaking the Color Barrier in Tennis. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers Inc., 1996.
Middle School Readers
Boyer, Allen B. Arthur and Me. Logan, IA: Summit Books, 2003.
Hughes, Langston. Selected Poems of Langston Hughes. New York: Vintage Books, 1959.
Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy: the True Story of a Black Youth’s Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
Nyabongo, H. H. Prince. Winds and Lights: African Fairy Tales. New York: Kessinger Publishing, 2004.
Steins, Richard. Arthur Ashe: A Biography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.
Weissberg, Ted. Arthur Ashe: Tennis Great. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991.
High School Readers
Brooks, Gwendolyn. Annie Allen. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1949.
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Random House, 1952.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1937.
McPhee, John. Levels of the Game. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. New York: Signet Classic, 1998.
Woods, Donald. Biko. New York: H. Holt, 1991.
Wright, Richard. Native Son. New York: The Modern Library, 1942.
X, Malcolm. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992.
College Level Readers
Byron, George Gordon. The Works of Lord Byron. London, J. Murray; New York, C. Scribner’s Sons, 1898.
Davis, Angela. Angela Davis—An Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1974.
Dubois, W. E. B. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1935.
Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth. New York: Penguin Books, Limited, 1967.
Foner, Erica and Olivia Mahoney. A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991.
McPhee, John. Levels of the Game. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969.
Sontag, Susan. Illness as Metaphor. New York: Vintage Books, 1978.
Soyinke, Wole. Idanre and Other Poems. New York: Hill and Wang, 1967
Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery. New York: Doubleday, 1937.
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“For every hour you spend on the athletic field, spend two in the library.” — Arthur Ashe
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Education Related Arthur Ashe Legacy Resources
Arthur Ashe Elementary School
Chicago, IL
Located in a mostly Black neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, this elementary school educates over 700 students.
Arthur Ashe Jr. Elementary School
Richmond, VA
http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/es/arthurashe/
A Henrico County Public School located in Richmond, Virginia, Arthur Ashe Elementary has been serving pre-school through 5th graders since 1994.
Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy Library
Washington, D.C.
http://www.transafricaforum.org/
index.php?page_id=8
The Foreign Policy Library, run by TransAfrica Forum, is a library oriented toward topics relating to Africa and the Caribbean. It is particularly focused on collecting works by authors of African descent and includes many works not readily available elsewhere. Arthur Ashe was a board member of TransAfrica forum and his library now holds more than 10,000 volumes.
P.S. 161, Arthur Ashe School
Queens, NY
http://schools.nyc.gov/OurSchools/Region3/Q161/
default.htm?searchType=school
A New York City Public School under the Department of Education, P.S. 161 is located in Jamaica, Queens.
Arthur Ashe Professorship at Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp
Created in 1995, this professorship was intended to further the knowledge and practice of medicine while facilitating greater diversity among the faculty of healthcare practitioners.
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Award
Fairfax, VA
http://www.diverseeducation.com/
ArthurAsheHome.asp
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education has been issuing this award every year since 1995 to one male and one female college student. These students must be athletes who not only excel in sport, but also as students and in campus or community activities. By recognizing students for their academic, athletic and activist commitment the award embodies Arthur's well-rounded ideals.
Education Related Resources
Academic Homepage for High School Students
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
Has general resources on major school topics such as "English,"
Partnership for Reading
http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/
U.S. Department of Education and National Institute for Child Health and Human Development partnership with National Institute for Literacy to provide research about learning to read, information to aid in reading instruction, etc.
United Negro College Fund
http://www.uncf.org/
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
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