Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American man to win the US Open! | US Open 1968
Arthur Ashe captured the first US Open men’s championship in 1968, becoming the first African-American man to win a major title. Ashe was still an amateur in the year that the sport finally decided to throw open its doors to professionals; indeed, U.S. Army Lieutenant Ashe needed to take leave from West Point just to […]