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Arthur Ashe: Seven out of...

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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.

Source: In The New York Public Library Book of 20th Century American Quotations, by Stephen Donadio, 1992.
-- Arthur Ashe, (Jul 10 1943-1993), US tennis player, AIDS spokesperson; He was the first black player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, 1975.

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