A comprehensive biography of Arthur Ashe, chronicling his tennis career and activism for racial equality and AIDS awareness.
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A comprehensive biography of Arthur Ashe, chronicling his tennis career and activism for racial equality and AIDS awareness.
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The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe--the Jackie Robinson of men's tennis--a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual. Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943, by the age of eleven, Arthur Ashe was one of the state's most talented black tennis players. Jim Crow restrictions barred Ashe from competing with whites. Still, in 1960 he won the National Junior Indoor sin...
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Central focus on civil rights, racial equality, and anti-apartheid activism.
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Discusses systemic racial discrimination and struggles of African-American athletes.
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