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Arthur Ashe
====Arthur Ashe was a perservering person. He grew up around his mother and his father. He was born in 1944. He has won a lot of medals for playing tennis. One is the Wimbledon Title in 1975. Although he faced alot of challenges like living in a segregated area, he lived a rough childhood, and people said his size was to small to play tennis. He still went on and won medals and continued to play tennis.====

====Arthue Ashe lived in a segregated area. He wasnt allowed to play tennis because he was an african american. He still played when people would leave he would pick up things they left like rackets or tennis balls. But once someone would come to play tennis they would chase arthur out. But he got to play for his high school tennis team. Over 4 years playing at his highschool he got better. Plus he got a scoliership to play tennis at UCLA.====

====Arthur Ashe was very small to play tennis. He couldnt get from side to side on the tennis court fast enough because he was smaller than everyone else. Altghough he was small he learned to swing faster and harder. But over the years he got bigger. When he got in high school he started to grow and he was then able to get from side to side on the tennis court.====

====Arthur Ashe didnt live in the best neiborhood. But it also wasnt the worst. He couldnt do all that much because he didnt have alot of money. His mother and father both worked. He couldnt see his father that much because he was always working. He lived in an apartment with his mother, father, and sister. But that didnt stop him from perservering. He kep playing tennis and worked harder and harder each day.====

====Although Arthur didnt have a good childhood, or lived in a segregated area, or was to small to play tennis, he still worked hard and won abunch of championships. He even made a foundaition to help kids that want to play tennis. It is a camp that kids go to for a week and it helps them with tennis.====

References:

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