
How tennis legend Arthur Ashe became one of the most vocal HIV/AIDS activists
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Arthur Ashe may have been most known for his tennis success, but it was his activism that set him apart off the court. Ashe became an advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness after revealing his own diagnosis to the public in 1992.
When not winning major tennis championships and breaking barriers in one of the most lily-white sports at the time, Ashe was a vocal advocate for civil rights, even getting arrested in 1985 for protesting apartheid outside the South African embassy.
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