Afro History Today in Afro History ! Arthur Ashe becomes the first Afro American male to win the U.S Open in 1968 ! written by Marc Alexander September 9, 2025 English: President Reagan and Arthur Ashe. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) View image | gettyimages.com View image | gettyimages.com English: Arthur Ashe Stadium 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Today in Afro History ! Arthur Ashe becomes the first Afro American male to win the U.S Open in 1968 ! was last modified: September 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander 0 comment 0 Facebook Twitter Google + Pinterest Marc Alexander previous post Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Singer, Otis Redding ! NBA player, Shane Battier ! MLB player, Billy Hamilton ! NBA player, B. J. Armstrong ! NBA player, J.R. Smith ! next post Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Musician, Roy Ayers ! NBA player, Bob Lanier ! NBA player, Ben Wallace ! Rapper, Big Daddy Kane ! Sprinter, Jim Hines ! You may also like Snow piles from record-breaking Buffalo storm still... July 29, 2015 Today in Afro History ! Janelle Commissiong... July 16, 2025 Voepel: Why Isiah Thomas’ hire is worse... May 12, 2015 Cardi B Performs Her Final Show, Nipsey... April 30, 2018 NBA to hold drawings for draft tie-breakers April 12, 2018 Embiid: I’m going to be a nightmare... April 19, 2018 Inside Nashville’s bid to land 2019 NFL... May 19, 2018 Trump gears up for meeting with "competitor"... July 12, 2018 State to Reauthorize, Monitor Visitors Bureau April 11, 2018 DNI Dan Coats speaks at summit July 19, 2018 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.