I have been enjoying Wimbledon tennis on TV, and when the announcers recently paid tribute to native Richmonder and tennis great Arthur Ashe Jr., it caught my attention. Fifty years ...

Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to win the Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles title, and the ...

Arthur Ashe was only 49 years old when he passed away in 1993, but the tennis superstar accomplished so much in his life—from becoming the face of tennis to the face of activism. Ashe was also ...