The private life of Arthur Ashe
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- Racism not AIDS biggest burden for Arthur Ashe. // Jet;6/15/92, Vol. 82 Issue 8, p17
Presents comments by retired tennis star Arthur Ashe that being black is more difficult than having AIDS. Challenges due to racism.
- Arthur Ashe says he's `lucky' after mild heart attack. // Jet;9/28/92, Vol. 82 Issue 23, p12
Presents comments from former tennis champion Arthur Ashe who recently suffered a mild heart attack. No relation to demonstration during which Ashe was arrested or to his AIDS infection.
- Family, friends dedicate memorial to tennis champion Arthur Ashe in Richmond. // Jet;8/2/93, Vol. 84 Issue 14, p51
Presents honors given to Wimbledon tennis champion Arthur Ashe, Jr.; Twenty one-gun salute; Memorial marker at his grave in Richmond, Virginia; Attendees; Cause of death; Achievements; Governor Wilder's announcement; Portrait of Ashe by Louis Briel; Presentation of painting to the National...
- Ashe reaches the end of his hard road to glory. Scott, Matthew S. // Black Enterprise;Apr93, Vol. 23 Issue 9, p16
Pays tribute to tennis legend Arthur Robert Ashe Jr., who died of pneumonia on February 6, 1993 at age 49. A world-class gentleman-warrior; Used his success in sports to combat racial discrimination and to broaden awareness about AIDS; The only black man to win the Wimbledon, United States Open...
- Arthur Ashe: How he changed our world. // Current Events;2/22/93, Vol. 92 Issue 20, p3
Pays tribute to Arthur Ashe, a tennis superstar and a crusader for human rights and racial equality. Ashe died this month from AIDS; First black to win the US Open and England's Wimbledon; Ashe believed to have contracted AIDS from blood given to him after surgery; More.
- Arthur Ashe: Tennis champ, hero. Peterson, Robert W. // Boys' Life;Jul95, Vol. 85 Issue 7, p5
Focuses on the late tennis player Arthur Ashe. Birth in segregated Richmond, Virginia; Entry into the University of California at Los Angeles' tennis team; Victory in the US Open and Wimbledon; Creation of tennis program for inner-city children; Campaign against AIDS.
- The righteous rage of Arthur Ashe. Lupica, Mike // Esquire;Oct92, Vol. 118 Issue 4, p101
Discusses how for tennis great Arthur Ashe AIDS is only the latest battle in a lifetime of quiet rage. Ashe's earliest encounters with racism; His early tennis career; Ashe's goal for his golf game; Status of Ashe's health and his battle with AIDS; His anger at the lack of response in the...
- Inside the heart and mind of Arthur Ashe. Lorge, B. // Tennis;Sep88, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p46
Profile of businessman and former tennis pro, Arthur Ashe. His personal life; Tennis career; Life after tennis; His new book `A Hard Road to Glory.'
- Ashe plans match to raise aids funds. Walls, Jeanette // New York;7/20/92, Vol. 25 Issue 28, p7
Looks at how tennis star Arthur Ashe is planning a major anti-aids benefit. How Ashe told the world about his disease; Benefit will probably be a tennis match and be held before the US Open; Who will play; What networks are negotiating; Details.
- Ashe nets up trust fund for daughter; Leaves rest of the estate to wife. // Jet;1/24/94, Vol. 85 Issue 12, p16
Reports on the disposition of the will of the late tennis legend and activist Arthur R. Ashe Jr. Death from AIDS; Bequeathing of his trophies to daughter Camera; Establishment of a trust fund to cover Camre's education; Rest of the estate left to wife; Co-trustees named.
