Tennis Racket used by Arhur Ashe
date: label: Date made
content: 1975
name: label: user
content: Ashe, Arthur
label: maker
content: Head
notes: label: Description
content: This racquet was used by American tennis player Arthur Ashe (1943-1993.) Ashe, a native of Richmond, Virginia, was the first African American to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship (1975) as well as the first to be named to the U.S. Davis Cup Team (1963) and to win singles titles at the U.S. and Australian Opens (1968 and 1970).
label: Description
content: Ashe was a vocal advocate for civil rights, both in the United States and abroad, and was involved in many humanitarian efforts, including the opening of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. He has been recognized with honors such as the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and has had a statue erected on Richmond's Monument Avenue.
label: Description
content: In 1997, the U.S. Tennis Association opened the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadow, New York. The court serves as the principal stadium for the U.S. Open.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Colorado, Boulder
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Tennis
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0178.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0178.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: racquet, tennis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (skin material)
label: Physical Description
content: fiberglass (core material)
label: Physical Description
content: intestines, lamb (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: graphite (core material)
label: Physical Description
content: resin, epoxy (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (handle cover material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 9 in x 1/2 in; 68.58 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 9 in x 1 5/8 in; 68.58 cm x 22.86 cm x 4.1275 cm