A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A "thoroughly captivating biography"
(The San Francisco Chronicle) 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. He became the first
African American to play for the US Davis Cup team in 1963, and two
years later he won the NCAA singles championship. In 1968, he rose
to a number one national ranking. Turning professional in 1969, he
soon became one of the world's most successful tennis stars,
winning the Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1975. After
retiring in 1980, he served four years as the US Davis Cup captain
and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in
1985. In this "deep, detailed, thoughtful chronicle" (The New York
Times Book Review), Raymond Arsenault chronicles Ashe's rise to
stardom on the court. But much of the book explores his off-court
career as a human rights activist, philanthropist, broadcaster,
writer, businessman, and celebrity. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ashe
gained renown as an advocate for sportsmanship, education, racial
equality, and the elimination of apartheid in South Africa. But
from 1979 on, he was forced to deal with a serious heart condition
that led to multiple surgeries and blood transfusions, one of which
left him HIV-positive. After devoting the last ten months of his
life to AIDS activism, Ashe died in February 1993 at the age of
forty-nine, leaving an inspiring legacy of dignity, integrity, and
active citizenship. Based on prodigious research, including more
than one hundred interviews, Arthur Ashe puts Ashe in the context
of both his time and the long struggle of African-American athletes
seeking equal opportunity and respect, and "will serve as the
standard work on Ashe for some time" (Library Journal, starred
review).
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