Never limiting himself to one title, Arthur Ashe was an author, activist, worldwide civil rights advocate, as well as a ...
I don’t want to be remembered mainly because I won Wimbledon.” Sadly, a decade later, autobiography took on another flavor. In 1992, around the time Ashe publicly announced he had contracted ...
Tennis star Arthur Ashe achieved many firsts as a Black athlete. In the months leading up to his death, he thrust AIDS ...
2015 marks the 40th anniversary of tennis legend Arthur Ashe lifting the Wimbledon men’s singles title. From boyhood in segregated America, Ashe became one of the world’s opinion-formers.
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New mural celebrates Arthur Ashe
A mural celebrating tennis champion, social activist and Richmond native Arthur Ashe was unveiled Tuesday night at the ...
It had been more than six years since his breakthrough win at the 1968 US Open. Over that time, Ashe had frequently nibbled near the top, but often came up short in such big events like Wimbledon ...