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Arthur Ashe

Arthur Ashe runs for the ball during a match at Wimbledon in England. (Getty Images/Staff)

Arthur Ashe's death 20 years later

Stefen Lovelace
OPINION - Today marks the 20th anniversary of Ashe’s passing, and while the ground he paved through tennis has certainly helped African-Americans in the sport, the results of dominant black tennis players has generally been mixed...
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Arthur Ashe runs for the ball during a match at Wimbledon in England. (Tony Duffy/Getty Images Sport)

Report: Arthur Ashe memorabilia to be auctioned

Todd Johnson
theGRIO REPORT - It's been nearly twenty years since tennis legend Arthur Ashe passed away due to complications from AIDS at the age of 49. Items from Ashe's estate will be auctioned next week, according to Matt Cronin of Tennis.com...
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Remembering black celebs who died of AIDS

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
SLIDESHOW - Black celebrities who have died of AIDS sometimes do not receive the attention that others lost to this terrible disease often do. TheGrio wants to say: We remember you...
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Slideshow: 30 years of HIV/AIDS in black America

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
SLIDESHOW - From the first AIDS case on June 5, 1981 until now, black Americans have been significantly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic...
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Changing face of HIV in black communities

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - When the first case of AIDS was reported on June 5, 1981, AIDS was described as a disease of white gay men...
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Slideshow: theGrio's most influential Kappa Alpha Psi members

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SLIDESHOW - Today marks to the 100th anniversary of one of the most storied and celebrated African-American fraternities...
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theGrio Reflects: Arthur Ashe talks about blacks in tennis

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As sisters Venus and Serena Williams battle each other yet again for another grand-slam title at Wimbledon, we look back at black tennis icon Arthur Ashe.

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