On July 5th, 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles title.
Honoring UCLA's Arthur Ashe, who 40 yrs ago became 1st African-American man to win Wimbledon http://t.co/TfdsIuZ7oM pic.twitter.com/3OraZT6Z8D
— UCLA Athletics (@UCLAAthletics) July 5, 2015
Forty years ago today, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors on Centre Court in the 1975 Wimbledon final to become the first African-American man to win the Men's Singles title. But it was more than a title that Ashe earned that day:
"The victory helped Ashe, who grew up in segregated Richmond excluded from many of the city's courts, to become a global figure remembered as much for his personal grace and his humanitarian work as his tennis game.