The Washington Post, February 8th, 1993
TO HAIL Arthur Ashe as a tennis giant who rose to world fame from a segregated life in Richmond is to miss the larger point of his life. He was, to be sure, a world-class athlete, sitting on top of the tennis world in 1968 and 1975, following championship victories at the U.S. Open and at Wimbledon. But Mr. Ashe, who died at 49 on Saturday of complications from AIDS, will be a legendary figure in modern American history, not just for the many years he electrified the tennis world. He will be honored for the unselfish way he used his success and enormous off-court talents to enrich the lives of...
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