A Quote by Arthur Ashe on community and television

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Seven out of 10 black faces you see on television are athletes. The black athlete carries the image of the black community. He carries the cross, in a way, until blacks make inroads in other dimensions.

Arthur Ashe (1943 - 1993)

Source: The New York Public Library Book of 20th Century American Quotations, by Stephen Donadio, 1992

Contributed by: Zaady