print email comment close Black History Month: Ashe's Activism Helped Mold the Future URL: http://assets.espn.go.com/tennis/s/2003/0205/1504540.html Description: Series of articles about tennis player Arthur Ashe, who "become the first African-American man to win tennis' most hallowed trophy, Wimbledon, in 1975." Discusses Ashe's tennis career and victories and his involvement in other causes, including AIDS activism (he died of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1993), Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid, and the rights of Haitian refugees. From ESPN. Publisher: ESPN Internet Ventures Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American athletes Ashe, Arthur People Political activists Tennis players LII Database Information: Record 906 created by Jennifer English on 08/01/2005 Last modification on 01/16/2009 Published: 08/01/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/906