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Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only Black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
DiPasquale met Ashe in 1992 when Wyatt Kingston introduced them, and received permission to design a statue of him. Nine crayon and pencil studies of Ashe were created before his death in 1993. Following his death, Ashe's widow Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe approved the studies, and recommended Virginia Heroes Incorporated for funding. [10]
His cause of death was confirmed to the Times by former Olympic teammate Robert Cottingham, ... save perhaps for Arthur Ashe and Jackie Robinson, who has had the same impact at widening ...
Citizen Ashe tells the story of tennis champion and civil rights activist Arthur Ashe, as he rises to prominence after becoming the first African American to win the US Open in 1968. The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy jumpstart Ashe's political activism and provide him with a platform for social change. [1]
"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 ...
“Citizen Ashe,” a new documentary about tennis star Arthur Ashe, is as interested in its subject’s political evolution as it is in his heroics on the court. Ashe was one of the top tennis ...
DiPasquale received permission to design a monument for Richmond-born tennis player Arthur Ashe shortly before Ashe's 1993 death. The Arthur Ashe Monument was installed on Monument Avenue in 1996, to significant controversy. [8] [9] King Neptune, a depiction of the Roman god, was designed in 2003 for Virginia Beach's Neptune Festival. The ...
Patriot Front and its founder, Thomas Rousseau, are defendants in the case concerning the damage to the mural of Ashe, The post White nationalist group that vandalized Arthur Ashe mural fails to ...