Citizen Ashe: In 2001, 38-year-old Arthur Ashe went to Tokyo, Japan, with his family to watch the Tokyo Olympics. Citizen Ashe Trailer.
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For the first time in over thirty years, the ailing tennis star from the former African American community was competing in the international event. Even though Ashe died shortly after the Tokyo Olympics, he left behind many important legacies which he had mostly tried to avoid in the past.
Inspired by the spirit of human rights activist Gandhi, Ashe was at the forefront of human rights activism in the decade between 1990 and 2000. As one of the most influential men in world history, Ashe utilized his research and scholarship to remove the barriers that stemmed from segregation, discrimination, and racism.
Arthur Ashe 1936-2001 Copyright License 1970-2012 Marches on Washington - Smithsonian Institute Press The 30,000 words of this book are made accessible through captivating, informative, and informative prose. If you were ever curious about the life of Ashe, his accomplishments and accomplishments, or his legacy, then this book is the perfect place to start. From the beginning, it is written in the third person and in a documentary writing style. The narration is written as if it were a journalist who was interviewing Ashe for a magazine cover story.
I found this book interesting. I didn’t really find much to take away from it but, I did find something interesting.
When reading this book, I started to look more at the other side of Ashe’s life, or how his life was treated by the media. Being a Black man, Ashe made headlines more than just for winning a match. This book follows Ashe’s life from the perspective of a journalist. He worked as a reporter for a New York Times Magazine (New York Times, 2020). Ashe’s biography was written by historians Gordon L. Wood, P. Eng., and Hart Scott Engel. A couple of key moments that occurred throughout the year were mentioned in this book.
When writing this book, I was inspired to do this research for three purposes. The research I did was for this book. I wasn’t going to research more than that and I didn’t want to do as much research as it would take me to get to where I was. I wanted to document the work of Ashe and not be biased. However, this book is of particular interest because it covers the life of Ashe in Tokyo, Japan. It covers the Tokyo Olympics of 1972 in 1972, and the 1972 American National Championship in 1973. This book also covers the way that Ashe was perceived by the media in Japan.
This is a very informative book about Ashe. I had to do this research because I wanted to learn more about the life of Ashe. I didn’t want it to just be a book about Ashe winning a match. I wanted to tell the side of Ashe that wasn’t included in the thousands of articles I had read previously. I wanted to get to know the most honorable side of Ashe and the real stories behind how Ashe was committed to dismantling the barriers that were created by racism.
Despite his success, Ashe had a very low ranking in the world of tennis. Part of that resulted from his struggle against cancer. “Long before Arthur Ashe became a celebrity, a Black player raised on the Harlem Courts hadn’t won a Grand Slam title.” (Benkie 2009, 1). It was his continued efforts that saw him receive the most public recognition. He was nominated for three Presidential Medals of Freedom, three honorary doctorates, and a Peabody Medal. He also won more than 400 singles tournaments.
Another book that helps readers learn more about Ashe is The Birth of the World’s Most Famous Athlete (2017). This book has become one of my personal favorites. It gives a biography of Ashe, but it also explains Ashe’s “Healing Africa,” the organization that Ashe started after his fight with cancer. The organization is still going strong, even after 39 years. Through his writings, Ashe offered “a vision of the future: striving to bring about a more just and tolerant world.” (Kane 2017, 5).
Works Cited
Beckie, Jacqueline. “A Visit to Olympic Glory.” Asian Living & Culture, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 41-62.2017. Web.
Kane, Kenneth. “The Birth of the World’s Most Famous Athlete.” Film Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 302-302. 2014. Web.
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