today in black history

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Tennis star Arthur Ashe becomes the first Black man to win the U.S. Open singles championship in 1968 at Forest Hills, New York.

1968 and beyond: Say It Loud!

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

POSTED: April 22, 2009, 10:17 am

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