Ashe’s engagement with civil rights is explored extensively in University of Northern Illinois professor Eric Allen Hall’s 2014 book, Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era.

Arthur Ashe was only 49 years old when he passed away in 1993, but the tennis superstar accomplished so much in his life—from ...

Never limiting himself to one title, Arthur Ashe was an author, activist, worldwide civil rights advocate, as well as a ...

Ashe told the artist to include children and books, and to sculpt him in the emaciated ... Wilder told the Times, “I think Arthur would say, ‘Let me rest in peace.’” After months of ...