SUMMARY
Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player, broadcaster, author, and activist. Known for his on-court grace and low-key demeanor, he was the first black men’s tennis champion at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon, the first African American to play for and captain the U.S. Davis Cup team, and the first black man inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Yet it was and remains Ashe’s legacy outside of professional tennis for which he is most noted. He was the first and only African American to have a statue of his likeness erected on Richmond‘s historic Monument Avenue and one of the most prominent athletes of any race to die from AIDS.
Monroe County Museum helps preserve our stories
The Monroe News
Everyone has a story to tell. Your family may have lived here for generations, farming or running a business that benefits our community. Maybe you moved here for a job like teaching at Monroe High. The Monroe County Museum System has a vision for a new decade, a strategic plan that shares stories of the past and illuminates connections between the past, present and future.
Residents and travelers have the opportunity to experience history whether it be at the Territorial Park on the River Raisin, the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial or the museum on Monroe Street. One of the most popular resources for researchers is the archives and obituary files located at the museum. The online obituary search maintained by the museum staff and volunteers remains one of the most popular of the services provided by the museum. For over 80 years the museum has been collecting artifacts to preserve the stories of Monroe Count
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Each one has a story | Iowans mark the graves of state war heroes
A trio of Iowans has given back to its community by applying for veteran stones for unmarked graves in Woodland Cemetery. Author: Sarah Beckman Updated: 6:38 PM CDT April 7, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa When millions of Americans were told to remain home and limit interactions in public at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Iowa men had already been working on a solitary project to keep them busy.
They track down the names and information of unmarked Iowa veterans graves in Woodland Cemetery. At the start of the pandemic, we wanted something that we could do safely and to do something to give back to the community, said Mike Rowley.
At Clemson, unmarked slave graves highlight plantation past
MICHELLE LIU, Associated Press/Report for America
April 6, 2021
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1of14Flowers adorn a fence marking an African American cemetery site at Woodland Cemetery in Clemson, South Carolina on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Students at Clemson University who found an unkempt graveyard on campus last year sparked the discovery of more than 600 unmarked graves most likely belonging to enslaved Black people, sharecroppers and convicted laborers. The revelation has Clemson working to identify the dead and properly honor them amid a national reckoning by universities about their legacies of racial injustice.Michelle Liu/APShow MoreShow Less