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re: Today we observe the Arthur Ashe statue
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:00 pm to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:00 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Looks like he's going to hit the kids with the racket. What are the books supposed to represent?
He was active in teaching programs in Tennis for inner city kids ,but stressed the importance of education over sports .
Author of history books( perhaps the definitive ones) chronicling Black athletes in America: "Hard Road to Glory".
I specifically remember his stories about African American Jockeys who once dominated Horse Racing . ( Most all of the mounts in the 1st race & winners of like 14 or 15 of the first 20 installmehtsnwere Black ,but they were pushed out of the game by Segregation/ envy due to huge purses)
Raised millions for the United Negro College Fund,etc......
This is off the top of my head so someone else may be able to better articulate his iconic status than me.
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Posted on 2/5/17 at 8:11 pm to sugar71
Thanks, but holding the books and rack differently would probably have looked better.
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