Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court. Ashe became an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness after revealing his own ...

The outing of Arthur Ashe’s AIDS diagnosis did not solve the issue of whether the public has the right to know when famous people become ill. To be sure, modern celebrities, in the era of the ...

An inspiration, a politician, a pioneer on and off court - these just some of the words used to describe Arthur Ashe, who became the first African-American to win the men's Wimbledon singles title ...

Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court. – (Greg Gibson-AP) Ashe used his fame to advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness ...

Arthur Ashe, a pioneering black man in professional tennis and an eloquent activist in issues of race and sports, said yesterday that he has AIDS. “I have AIDS,” he said. “I am so… ...

At the time, HIV/AIDS was heavily stigmatized.And Ashe, having retired from tennis eight years earlier, chose to keep his diagnosis a secret. That is, until 1992 — when USA Today contacted him ...

It was in London in 1975, and Ashe was scheduled to play Jimmy Connors, the defending champion and world No. 1, in the ...

In the spring of ’92, though, Arthur Ashe could keep his secret no longer. It began with a call from Doug Smith, a reporter from USA Today and a friend of Ashe’s.

Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court. Ashe became an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness after revealing his own ...

Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court.. When not winning major tennis championships and breaking barriers in one of ...