Arthur Ashe : tennis and justice in the Civil Rights era / Eric Allen Hall.

Arthur Ashe explains how this iconic African American tennis player overcame racial and class barriers to reach the top of the tennis world in the 1960s and 1970s. But more important, it follows Ashe's evolution as an activist who had to contend with the shift from civil rights to Black Power. Off t...

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Main Author: Hall, Eric Allen (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
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Physical Description:x, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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