Arthur Ashe
In Addition To His Achievements In Tennis, Ashe Devoted Time To Helping Young Black Athletes Develop Their Skills And Wrote A Hard Road To Glory, A Book That Profiled African American Athletes. He Was Also A Civil Rights And Anti-Apartheid Activist. In His Final Years He Was A Spokesman In The Fight Against AIDS, As Disease He Contracted From A Blood Transfusion, During Open Heart Surgery. Ashe Died At The Age Of 49, In 1993.
Prior To His Death The Richmond, Virginia Native Had Become The First Black Male To Be Inducted Into The International Tennis Hall Of Fame.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.