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Big. >> connors was not everybodys favorite. but the guys in the locker room felt no one could beat him. considering the way connors had been playing, he was easily the worlds number one. >> he had only lost four matches the entire year. he was winning everything. >> the time to get nervous and -- >> its the night before the finals. if you knew arthur, its going to be hard to sleep that night. i said what do you want to do tonight? he said i want to goy to the playboy club. i said you want to wh...

Felt no one could beat him. considering the way connors had been playing, he was easily the worlds number one. >> he had only lost four matches the entire year. he was winning everything. >> the time to get nervous and -- >> its the night before the finals. if you knew arthur, its going to be hard to sleep that night. i said what do you want to do tonight? he said i want to goy to the playboy club. i said you want to what? you know, i want to play a little blackjack and sit in the back in a boot...

>> one of the greatest upsets in the long history of wimbledon. arthur ashe, the first black player to win the mens wimbledon singles title. >> arthur beat jimmy strategically big time. i think that started to get people thinking. >> the way black americans reacted when i won wimbledon. it was like joe louis winning the heavyweight championship. thats the first time that black americans really became aware of wimbledon. and now they follow it. and now theyre playing tennis like crazy. >> in 75, ...

First game for arthur ashe. >> there are terrific variations in emotional intensity in a match. it can be a weapon that works without having to hit a ball. >> arthur ashe now serving again. the first set was long and tough. >> ball goes up very high on the service toss. he might lose it. >> then they split sets all the way to the final set. >> lets see if he can get another one. >> mr. ashe. thats arthurs day. >> somebodys going to get tired and we were hoping it wasnt our guy. >> okker doesnt b...

It was the first time a person of color made the davis cup team. he was one of the guys and they didnt look at him as a black tennis player. they looked at him as a tennis player. >> the davis cup was in essence our olympics in tennis because we didnt have tennis in the olympics till 1988. for arthur that seemed like a no-brainer. like who wouldnt want to represent your country? what it entailed was that you had to play up to four weeks a year if you were going to win. and it could be anywhere i...

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Shutdown of racist institutions such as what we did with the new york athletic club. >> theres nothing id like better than to see the whole thing be shut down completely. >> when i contacted arthur the first thing he told me is, harry, i understand what youre doing but thats not my way. and i thought, i know he gets it. hes in the bowels of the beast. the only one thats out there on the tennis court. the only one thats at the country club. so i know he knows what the deal is. and still he says t...

>> i remember feeling sort of lost. i withdrew, people told me. i remember feeling that i couldnt trust anybody. >> arthur had very few memories of her and one of them was the day that she died. she was wearing a blue robe. there was a bird singing in the tree. and he remembered her leaving the house. she was being taken to the hospital. and that she didnt come back. ♪ >> daddy had the responsibility of bringing us up.

>> when arthur won his father came out and they embraced and it was very emotional. the only time arthurs father walked on the tennis court to congratulate arthur. >> that day for me was vindication for a couple people. my father, all the sacrifice, the money he spent which he couldnt afford, in order to give one of his children the chance to do what i did. i also thought about my brother. he spent two tours in vietnam. wounded once. >> he called me that night and said, im a champion now. people...

Self-loathing? yes. there really were times when i felt like maybe i was a coward for not doing certain things or not joining this protest or whatever. >> hell no, we wont go. hell no, we wont go! hell no, we wont go! >> if i thought going to war would help my people receive their freedom from injustice and inequality, you wouldnt have to draft me. id go tomorrow. >> in the 60s it was muhammad ali and arthur ashe. and they were really two extremes. ♪ snierngs blue skies ♪ ♪ please go away ...