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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2022 · 37 MIN

Juneteenth with Citizen Ashe Director Rex Miller and ATA's Roxanne Aaron

from Talking Tennis Southern Style · host Ron Cioffi

We celebrate Juneteenth with leading voices in Black tennis. First up is the director of Citizen Ashe. Tennis fan Rex Miller, of Durham, N.C., made a film about the famed athlete-activist Arthur Ashe, which makes its TV debut on CNN June 26 at 9 p.m. ET. He also directed a 2015 film about Althea Gibson, entitled Althea, along with numerous credits as an acclaimed cinemaphotographer. Also interviewed is Roxanne Aaron, President of the American Tennis Association. The ATA National Championships for Black tennis players were first played in 1920. Aaron has over 35 years of experience as an administrator for both non-profit and for-profit organizations and has led ATA for three years and talks about the importance of tennis in shaping Black lives. We showcase junior Noah McDonald, of Charlotte, N.C., and USTA Southern award winners Courtney Dugas of Lafayette. La., and Second Serve podcast's Carolyn Roach and Erin Conigliaro, of Wake Forest, N.C.

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