In 1968, Arthur Ashe, a soft-spoken tennis player from Richmond, Virginia, became the first African American man to win the U.S. Open. Ashe did not strike many observers as someone who would become a vocal activist on racial issues. but that's exactly what happened. In our latest episode of Who Knew?, Mrs. Allgood and Mr. Rixon will put Ashe's victory in the context of 1968, one of the most tumultuous years in U.S. history. We will also explore his early life in the segregated South, his battles on and off the tennis court, and his fight against HIV/AIDS.
