A Gentleman's Victory
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe walked onto Centre Court at Wimbledon to face Jimmy Connors, the brash defending champion whom oddsmakers favored heavily. Ashe...
This is a contemporary on dignity and breaking barriers, drawing on Galatians 3:28.
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe walked onto Centre Court at Wimbledon to face Jimmy Connors, the brash defending champion whom oddsmakers favored heavily. Ashe was thirty-one years old, and no Black man had ever won the Wimbledon singles title. The London crowd settled into their seats expecting a Connors rout. What they witnessed instead was a masterclass in quiet dignity.…
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