Arthur Ashe Research Paper

Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. is a man of trust, courage, grace and honor. Although many of these attriobutes I share with Arthur, his high level of moral values and self reliance I aspire to achieve. Arthur was of African American decent and being born on July 10, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia he had to face many racial struggles and hardships. On the contrary, I was born and raised in somerset, New Jersey, in the 1990's so my racial struggles were close to non-existent. Being of Italian- American decent, if I had lived in the time of Arthur Ashe I still would not have faced racial struggles as greatly as African Americans did in that time.
Arthur was the first born just as I was, except he was the first and only while I on the other hand have three siblings. We were both born into extremely
At the age of six, Arthur picked up his first tennis racket and showed a natural talent for the sport. Strangely enough it was at this same age of six when I decided to attend my first dance trial. Im sure both Arthur and I did not know how our talents in these areas would mold our future experience s for the best. Arthur took up tennis in high school just as I joined dance. Arthurs was under the direction of Althea Gibson's former coach, Walter Johnson. Unlike Arthur I do not have a professional coach but I do have a very talentwed instructor. Our natural talents, self-pride, and hatred for failing is what helped Arthur and I acell in our area of expertise. Arthurs skill grew so great in high school that he was able to earn a tennis scholarship to UCLA. This was uncharted territory for blacks yet knowing the pressures he would face he didn't give up. His skill at a college grew to a national level. In 1963 he was chosen to represent the US in the Davis Cup where he became the first African American to play for the US team. This gave his great pride and joy .He then