It’s a bronze sculpture of Arthur Ashe, which was erected, after much discussion, rancor and controversy, in 1996, three years after his death from AIDS. It features Ashe, a Richmond native ...
right up until his death at the age of 49 in February of 1993, Ashe was a champion of the human spirit, and a man of immense stature. As we celebrate Black History Month, many memories of Arthur ...