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| Ashe, Arthur | | Tennis player and writer Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1943. A world-class player, Ashe was the first African American ever to win the US championship (1968), the Davis Cup (1968 - 1970), the Australian Open (1970), and Wimbledon (1975). Also a passionate civil rights activist, in 1973 Arthur Ashe became the first African American professional tennis player to play during the South African apartheid regime. His presence there helped call international attention to that human rights injustice. He retired from competition in 1979 and wrote a three-volume history of African American athletes entitled A Hard Road to Glory, published in 1988. Ashe passed away in 1993. |
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