Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to ...

He became the first and only Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title by outsmarting Jimmy Connors in the final.

From rural reservations to shebeens or speakeasies (bars) - wherever black people gathered, they were talking about Ashe's visit. "For me, he was literally the first free black man I'd ever seen," ...

TENNIS great Arthur Ashe is centre of attention at Wimbledon again. An exhibition celebrating the American’s historic 1975 ...