"We blacks look for leadership in men and……" — Arthur Ashe

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth… - Arthur Ashe

"We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities."

— Arthur Ashe

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