activists straddling the civil rights and power movements, he fought against racism and from the political center and welcomed public and private debate. our speaker today will explore as hisearly life as well life as an intellectual. hall teaches courses and african-american history and the history of popular culture. a native of suburban chicago, he b.a. from st. joseph in 2006 and004 and 2011. his scholarship has appeared in the journal of african american social sciencese review. his biography of arthur ashe she: tennisrthur a and justice in the civil rights by johnspublished hopkins university press. his work focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture, particularly the relationship between sport and the black freedom movement. so please join me in giving a hall.hs welcome to eric [applause] eric: good afternoon. thank you so much for having me here at richmond today to talk about my book and to talk about ashe as a whole. would like to thank the virgini
apartheid movement in south africa. his career as athlete and activist straddling the civil rights and power movements, he fought against racism and injustice from the political center and welcomed public and private debate. our speaker today will explore ashe s early life as well as his life aan intellectual. eric allen hall teaches courses in african-american history and the history of popular culture. a native of suburban chicago, he earned a b.a. from st. joseph college in 2004 and in 2006 and 2011. his scholarship has appeared in the journal of african american history and the social science review. his biography of arthur ashe entitled arthur ashe: tennis and justice in the civil rights era was published by johns hopkins university press. his work focuses on the intersection of popular and political culture, particularly the relationship between sport and the black freedom movement. so please join me in giving a warm dhs welcome to eric hall. [applause] eric: good
explores how the richmond, virginia native overcame class barriers to win three of the four grand slam tennis tournaments. this hour-long program was hosted by the virginia historical society. mr. talkov: virginia s own arthur ash was the world s best tennis player. the u.s. open, the australian open, and wimbledon. he was also deeply committed to human rights. and civil rights causes. most known what, the movement in south africa. his career as an athlete and activist, straddling the civil rights and black power movements, ashe fought against racism and injustice from the political center and welcome to public and private debate. our speaker today will explore asheearly life s will explore is an and eric allen hall assistant history professor at georgia southern university, where he teaches courses on the history of popular culture and african-american history. and native of suburban chicago heat, he earned a ba in history from the st. joseph s college in and phd from the
Fifty years ago, the tennis legend appeared at the SA Open as a black man and not an ‘honorary white’ – a designation the apartheid government used to let sport stars into the country.