‘The first free black man I’d ever seen’

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Patricia Whitehorne

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Sports Illustrated/Getty Images Arthur Ashe, in a blue tracksuit top, smiles as he holds up the Wimbledon trophy after winning the men's final on 5 July 1975. — The Wimbledon title was the third of Arthur Ashe’s Grand Slam crowns

Fifty years ago Arthur Ashe pulled off an amazing feat, upsetting the odds and becoming the first black man to win the…

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