The life story of the great African American tennis player who helped break down the racial barriers of tennis and went on to become one of the great champions of the game.
Richard Steins is a freelance writer and editor who has written numerous books for young readers. Among his recent publications is Colin Powell: A Biography (Greenwood, 2003).
Steins's biography of Ashe focuses on how the tennis player
overcame segregation and racial prejudice to win three Grand Slam
trophies and how he fought on behalf of blacks in apartheid South
Africa and those suffering from AIDS after the heart problems that
ended his tennis career and left him infected with the AIDS virus.
In-depth time lines help students understand the significant
contributions of the featured subjects….[v]aluable source for
student reports.
*MultiCultural Review*
Success is a journey, not an outcome. The doing is often more
important than the outcome. Sharing Arthur Ashes words and the way
he conducted his life is a better model for students than they see
in many contemporary tennis pros, whose short tempers and bad
manners are often highlighted in the media. Ashes protests against
injustice and apartheid and his efforts to raise awareness of AIDS
demonstrate his humanitarianism….[a] candidate for the reference
shelf in addition to the biographies section. Be sure to provide
access to this volume during Black History Month.
*Gale Reference for Students*
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