Arthur Ashe was a hero, not only in tennis but in civil rights as well. He accomplished much but sadly died due to some unfortunate mishaps. Arthur Ashe was a tennis player, not only that, but he was also the first African American to win the NCAA singles title in 1975. He also was a civil rights activist against apartheid, but we’ll get to that in just a second. Arthur Ashe is famous, because he took bold actions, not only in tennis, where he faced many trials, but also in his civil rights activism, causing him to make history.
Arthur Ashe had many big historical moments, including being the first African American male to be awarded the NCAA singles title, and he also tried to stop apartheid in South Africa. NCAA is The National Collegiate
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Sadly, another part of what made him famous in the modern world is the way he died, changing the way that we do blood transfusions forever. We’ve already covered some of his achievements in tennis and civil rights, but we have not covered how the way he died also made him famous. He died due to a blood transfusion that he received during a heart surgery. This is because the transfusion was tainted, and Ashe discovered that he had contracted HIV a few years later. Sadly, he died only a couple years after he discovered that he had AIDS. Now we take far more precautions than we did back then, thanks to him, though he had to die, sadly, for it to occur. Since his unfortunate death has changed the way that we transfer blood for good, it is obviously something that made him famous, and put him in history. This incident has saved many lives that could have been lost if nothing had been done, so anyone that has ever received blood from someone else should be thankful to his heroic, but unintended, sacrifice. Arthur Ashe is famous, because he took bold actions, not only in tennis, where he faced many trials, but also in his civil rights activism, causing him to make history. However, Arthur Ashe is famous, not only because of his tennis playing and civil rights activism, but also due to the way he died, and changed the way we deal with blood forever, so he deserves to be a big part in our