as an african american athlete, i have experienced racism as a tennis player going way back. i have played extraordinary matches under unbelievable circumstances. but wimbledon tied my whole life together. >> as we join the action in the first set, ashe is upsetting the form book. super start for arthur ashe. ♪ ♪ you ought to carry ♪ ♪ carry me back ♪ ♪ yeah, to old ♪ ♪ to old virginie ♪ ♪ that's where the cotton ♪ >> coming up black in the south in the city which was the old capital of the confederacy, you'd see big statues of jeb stewart, stonewall jefferson, robert e. lee.