Tennis player Arthur Ashe, the day after becoming the first African-American man towin a Grand Slam
Tennis player Arthur Ashe, the day after becoming the first African-American man towin a Grand Slam title at the 1968 US Open on September 9th:Shaking hands with a fan in New York City.Taking the New York City subway, unrecognized.Arthur Ashe and Harry Belafonte at Caesar’s Palace (Las Vegas).American Davis Cup team members Robert Lutz, Stan Smith and Arthur Asheaboard a flight to Las Vegas for the Davis Cup exhibition play. Smith and Lutz had won their first Grand Slam doubles title at the USOpen earlier that day, defeating Ashe and his partner Andrés Gimenoin the final.In the men’s locker room at West Side Tennis Club (Forest Hills, NewYork City). -- source link
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