The biography covers Ashe's tennis career in meticulous detail, from his play in blacks-only tournaments around the South as a teenager through his breakout years at the University of California ...

Object Details author Arsenault, Raymond Subject Ashe, Arthur Contents Under the Dominion -- Playing in the shadows -- Dr. J and the Lynchburg boys -- The only raisin in a rice pudding -- The gateway ...

Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player, broadcaster, author, and activist. Known for his on-court grace and low-key demeanor, he was the first black men's tennis champion at the U.S. Open ...

Forty years ago on July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the men's singles at Wimbledon. According to biography.com, Ashe is still the only African-American male ...

"Citizen Ashe" chronicles the late Arthur Ashe’s advancement as one of the greatest to pick up a racket and someone who leveraged his platform in campaigns like apartheid in South Africa and the ...