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National Brotherhood of Skiers co-founder & U.S. Ski Hall of Fame inductee, Art Clay
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:51:07
Publish Date: 2020-07-28 14:45:17
Description:

Art Clay is the co-founder of the National Brotherhood of Skiers, and he and his NBS co-founder, Ben Finley, are the first African Americans to be inducted into the US Ski-Snowboard Hall of Fame. This past weekend, Jonathan Ellswoth sat down with Art at his home in Chicago to talk about growing up in Chicago in the 1940s; his first time skiing; the idea to start the National Brotherhood of Skiers; cutie pies; the Black Summit; and more.


TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Growing up in Chicago in the 1940s (3:52)
  • College at Clark (12:51)
  • Serving in the army, learning about skiing (15:34)
  • Ski Club meeting in Chicago (20:28)
  • 1st time you went skiing (23:05)
  • The long coats of “The Gang” (32:24)
  • When did you start thinking about creating a national organization (37:16)
  • Black Ski Summit (39:39)
  • NBS’ Olympic Scholarship Fund (46:24)


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