Arthur Ashe

Crossing the Line

By: DE WINDE / VAN SPEYBROECK

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Hardcover | 1 August 2018

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240 Pages

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27.5 x 23.5 x 2.54

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The year was 1968, 50 years ago, when Arthur Ashe won the first U.S. Open Tennis Championships. It was an iconic moment not only in sports history, but also in American history: Ashe was the first African-American man to win a Grand Slam tournament. It was also a year of seismic social and political change.

This book retells this turbulent chapter in 20th century history through the lens of American photographer John G. Zimmerman, who had unique access to Ashe before, during and after the US Open final in 1968. It presents the highlights of this tremendous photo series, accompanied by essays from prominent public intellectuals, who discuss the role and complex character of Arthur Ashe, the importance of 1968 and the Civil Rights Movement, and the aesthetics of sports photography. Book features :

Impressive series of hundreds of never-before-seen pictures by John G. Zimmerman, of tennis player Arthur Ashe - the first African American to win a grand slam tournament
Contributors include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Maurice Berger, James Blake, Philip Brookman, Grant Farred, Nicole R. Fleetwood, Wesley Hogan, Walter Iooss, Simone Manuel, Gael Monfils, Tom Okker, Ishmael Reed, and David Roediger
John G. Zimmerman (1927-2002) is a true icon of American photography. For decades his pictures appeared on the covers of magazines like Time, Life and Sports Illustrated
Zimmerman was a life-long Angelino and his family continues to live there

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Zimmerman's photographs are not about Ashe's victory, or even tennis. They are fundamentally about the dignity, strength and quiet courage of this man, whose talent led him from the streets of Richmond to the U.S. Open men's singles title in 1968, a fatefully difficult year for the Civil Rights Movement and American politics in general.--Philip Brookman "National Gallery of Art "

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