SEGREGATION IN TENNIS
For many years, tennis was a predominantly white sport. Very few non-white players competed in the sport professionally.
Black athletes played in segregated tennis courts and formed their own clubs.
Black athletes played in segregated tennis courts and formed their own clubs.
"Tennis court at William Byrd Park, Richmond."
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"I would love to have you. But the time isn't right. The tennis patrons won't allow Negroes." "[Arthur Ashe] endured a lot of hardship in order to be allowed to play in tournaments and go to tennis clubs which might not have otherwise let him in because he was black." |
"Since no black American had ever been on the [Davis Cup] team, I was now a part of history."
-Arthur Ashe
Source: Days of Grace A Memoir
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