“Richmond Could Be Next Monument Battleground,” an NBC News ... It’s a bronze sculpture of Arthur Ashe, which was erected, after much discussion, rancor and controversy, in 1996, three ...

The late Arthur Ashe Jr. was a trailblazing giant on the tennis court and in advocating for human rights and social change.

A mural celebrating tennis champion, social activist and Richmond native Arthur Ashe was unveiled Tuesday night at the ...

“Richmond, can you remember that the ‘Arthur Ashe monument,’ as you call it now, was never meant to be just a monument to Arthur,” she wrote, while calling for the statue to be placed at t ...

A crowd gathers at the base of the Arthur Ashe Monument after the ceremony dedicating the statue on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va. on Wednesday, July 10, 1996. Former New York City Mayor David ...

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

A federal legal battle between a group of Richmonders and a white supremacist group has come to an end after both sides agreed to settle following the 2021 vandalism of the Arthur Ashe mural.

A member of the cultural group suggested the Sons of Italy in upstate New York, and the private group agreed to accept the statue. It was re-installed in July 2024 and rededicated two months later ...