In the spring of ’92, though, Arthur Ashe could keep his secret no longer ... three years before the management of AIDS became possible with drugs. Tennis had lost perhaps the most important ...

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 ...

Yesterday, after I wrote my column, I had a memory of long ago. Arthur Ashe was dying of AIDS. This was in the early 1990s. And he told an interviewer that being black was harder than having AIDS.

"I'm honored to receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award ... working with the UN agency to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa through education and to promote vocational training initiatives ...