On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title, defeating Jimmy Connors. And it was ...

Fifty years have now passed since Ashe stunned Connors in four sets to become the first – and to this day only – Black man to ...

From rural reservations to shebeens or speakeasies (bars) - wherever black people gathered, they were talking about Ashe's ...