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 ...

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