- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Between 1975 and 1976, ten-year-old Smith became the first non-white person to attain a membership to the Los Angeles Tennis Club after then honorary board member, Arthur Ashe, wrote a letter on his behalf.