Arthur Ashe 1969 interview

Interview with Arthur Ashe from 1969 Say Brother program The Black Athlete. Arthur Ashe talks about why there were so few African-Americans in professional tennis and that most tennis country clubs, like the New York Athletic Club, didn't admit blacks.

[@bh5606]

Any club that would turn down Arthur Ashe is not a club worth joining.

[@loyaltyinc8865]

Fascinating Brother 💯💯☝🏽

[@nthompson1673]

Arthur Ashe - Gentleman, Statesman, & Wholly Humble Class act.

[@texmexia49]

Sir, I’m white and I and knew and was in awe of you when I was 10 in 1973. Respect.

[@treefiddy5424]

No one cares about ur race libtard

[@ashishnair10]

Legend

[@noelelikemnicodemus8039]

RIP

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Arthur Ashe was a fine tennis player of this generation but sadly we lost him to a new Pandemic that emerged In the 1980s.HIV. He got it via a blood transfusion but his Professional Legacy is beyond Tennis because he was a pro during the hard days of Apartheid and southern Segregation in the USA back In the 1970s.

[@theoriginalthinker9199]

50 years ago! An articulate, intelligent, well mannered black athlete. What happened?

[@iamprogress6862]

We woke tf up and realized we were being brainwashed to become like the homicidal sociopaths known as the colonizers' children.

[@caseyjonesii9368]

That’s racist lol

[@renhoek3851]

It's not even that long ago, how disgraceful. It's sort of similar to Tiger Woods, he probably still couldn't be a member of a lot of golf clubs in the US.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Hey you are right because even as early as as 1990 Augusta didn't want to have black members In their Club. I was totally horrified by that Policy back in the day when reading Golf Books.

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

Racism In Sports is still prevalent in the USA and Canada.