Arthur Ashe Jr.

Arthur Ashe did many things in his life; he was a great tennis player, father, son, role model, and social activist. It is amazing to think that Arthur Ashe as a black man was able to achieve all he did coming from where he did, and that he was able to do it in a society dominated by white people. Born in Richmond, Virginia to a lower class black family, Arthur Ashe had to deal with many hardships at an early age. Despite the hardships he was able to succeed in the game of tennis, and won many major tournaments. Away from tennis, Arthur Ashe was an important activist against apartheid in Africa and he also had a voice in the United States. When he contracted the AIDS virus, he became an activist on the AIDS epidemic. After his death, Arthur Ashe was honored in his home state of Virginia like only confederate general Stonewall Jackson had been before.
Arthur Ashe was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 10, 1943 to mother, Mattie Cunningham, and to father, Arthur Ashe Sr. He alway...