1982 Wimbledon, 482
Sun City episode, 469–70, 510
You Cannot Be Serious, 478
McEnroe, John, Sr., 469–70
McGovern, George, 296, 299, 302
McGregor Park Tennis Center, Houston, 525
McKinley, Chuck, 67, 107, 108, 114, 115, 116, 119, 120, 129, 131, 132, 133, 136, 164, 189, 195, 201, 374
McLeod, Derilene, 502
McManus, Jim, 186, 221
McMillan, Frew, 282, 368
McNair, Freddie, 378
McNamara, Peter, 474, 482, 487
McNamee, Paul, 482
McNeil, Lori, 525, 526, 626
McPhee, John, 10, 52, 190, 223, 231–33, 235, 248, 462
Levels of the Game, 223, 224, 232–33
Meadow Club International Tournament, 131
Meet the Press, 178
Megginson, Roosevelt, 35
Meiler, Karl, 391
Melbourne, 186–87, 270, 438
Melville, Kerry, 184
Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, 502
Men’s International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC), 394, 502
Meredith, James, 177, 319
Merion Cricket Club, 101, 116, 119, 129, 219, 685n18
Merlo, Harry, 518, 519
Merson, Dr. Michael, 584
Metreveli, Alex, 127, 313
Mexico, 119, 196, 212, 368
Davis Cup competition, 119, 140–42, 173, 179, 196–98, 212–13, 356, 368, 407, 416–17, 471–72
Mexico City, 119, 140, 196–97, 210, 263, 368
1968 Olympics, 209–11, 216–17, 226, 229, 230, 383, 442, 459
Mexico City International Championships, 205
Meyer, Ed, 394
Meyers, George, 479
Miami, 54–55, 72–73, 178, 262–63, 345, 353, 488, 493–94, 559, 601
Michigan State, 73
Mid-Atlantic Junior Championships, 52, 56, 63
Middle Atlantic Boys Division tournament, 172–73, 206
Middle States Clay Court Junior Championships, 49
Mike (Sauk Indian), 7
Miklasz, Bernie, 599
Milan, 303
Miller, Larry, 71–72, 76
Miller, Victor, 35
Mills, Alan, 518
Mills, Nicolaus, 553
Milwaukee, 201, 218, 219
Milwaukee Braves, 46
minimum-wage legislation, 464
Minority Task Force on AIDS, 579
Mississippi, 43, 77, 95, 118, 130, 177–79, 285, 318–19
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), 131
Mississippi River, 69
Missouri, 67–82
Missouri Valley Junior Championships, 80
Mitton, Bernie, 434, 436
mixed doubles, 25–26, 201, 526
Ashe-King, 318
of 1940s, 25–26
1973 U.S. Open, 316
Modell, Art, 165
Moe, Thorvald, 106
Moi, Daniel arap, 561
Mojanaga, Shepherd, 361
Mohammed, Murtala, 400
Molina, Ivan, 348
Monaco Open, of 1969, 246, 247
Mondale, Walter, 534
Mondlane, Eduardo, 367
Montagnier, Dr. Luc, 503
Monte Carlo, 366
Montgomery, Alabama, 77, 173
Montgomery, Bernard, 9
Montreal International tournament, 302
Moore, D. C., 55
Moore, Kenny, 599, 603
Moore, Ray, 219, 245, 270, 361, 391, 409, 434, 444, 564
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, 501
Morehouse College, 442, 555
Morgan, J. D., 49, 74–75, 78, 88–91, 97–99, 102, 121, 122, 158, 322, 411
Ashe and, 88–91, 97–98, 107–9, 111, 116, 123–24, 133, 182
Morgan, Joe, 398
Morrison, Jim, 87
Moscow, 442, 465
motorcycles, 122–23, 669n23
Mottram, Buster, 391
Mount Kisco, New York, 520, 537, 543, 562, 566
Moutoussamy, Claude, 414, 601, 602
Moutoussamy, David, 493
Moutoussamy, Elizabeth Hunt, 414, 586, 601, 602
Moutoussamy, Jay, 493
Moutoussamy, John, Jr., 414, 493
death of, 493, 501
Moutoussamy, John Warren, Sr., 414, 447, 452, 601, 602
Moutoussamy, Penny, 493
Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, 413–16, 425, 428, 436, 474, 493, 512, 513, 514, 541, 542
adoption of daughter Camera, 537–39
Ashe’s AIDS condition and, 542–46, 548, 554, 567–78, 601–5
Ashe’s heart condition and, 447–48, 452–54, 455, 463, 504, 594
Ashe’s legacy and, 615–29
background of, 413–16
Daddy and Me, 615
Daufuskie Island, A Photographic Essay, 429–30
death of Ashe and, 605, 606–12, 617–24
fertility problems, 504–5, 520
independent nature of, 416, 428–30
marriage to Ashe, 417–20, 427–30, 444–45, 448, 452, 455, 460–61, 488, 504–5, 520, 529, 537–39, 548, 566, 586, 592, 600
photography career, 413, 415, 429–30, 451, 461, 537
Richmond monument controversy and, 604–5, 617–24
Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers, 461
movie theater segregation, 79
Mozambique, 357, 367
Mulloy, Gardnar, 106
Munich, 366
Muñoz, Antonio, 348
Murphy, Dennis, 314–15
Murphy, Frank, 85, 95
Murray, Andy, 627
Murray, Dr. Henry, 549–51, 561, 571, 601, 602
music, 427
gospel, 560
Muslims, 178, 288
Myslenski, Skip, 552
Nadal, Rafa, 627
Nagler, Larry, 99, 101, 120, 122, 138, 233
Nairobi, 273, 325
Nandi Tennis Club, 150
Nashville, 433–34
Nassau Tournament, Long Island, 201
Nastase, Ilie, 255, 281, 300, 301–2, 312, 325, 373, 405, 426, 508, 516, 520, 596, 698n45
Ashe and, 301–2, 390–94, 404, 406, 433, 439
bad-boy image of, 390, 392–94, 404, 484, 485
Nation, The, 553
National Arthur Ashe Day, 181–82
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2, 28–29, 62, 95, 118, 175, 487, 556
Proposition 42, 556–57
National Basketball Association (NBA), 46, 165, 272, 280, 365, 398, 419, 462, 563, 568, 596
National Boys’ Tournament, Kalamazoo, 49, 51, 52, 64–65, 74
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 23–24, 26, 74, 85–86, 87, 98, 114, 115, 125, 139, 204, 343, 398, 456, 495, 509
Ashe’s statistics, 641
basketball championships, 85, 125, 164
1960-63 tennis championships, 99, 107–8, 114
1964 tennis championship, 126
1965 tennis championship, 133, 134, 135, 137–38
1966 tennis championship, 158
1967 tennis championship, 178
Proposition 48, 496–97
racism, 23–24, 26
National Doubles Championships, 120
National Football League (NFL), 46, 272, 394, 398
National Geographic, 83
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 488
National Indoor Championships, 26, 31, 80, 124, 191, 242, 268, 441
National Junior Indoor tournaments, 27, 67, 80–81
of 1948, 67, 71
of 1960, 71
of 1961, 80–81
National Junior Tennis League (NJTL), 193, 195, 218, 290, 292, 299, 461, 487, 505, 513, 521, 522–23, 525, 526, 534, 536, 548, 555, 590, 616, 625, 626, 676n46
1985 reorganization of, 522–23
National Organization on the Status of Minorities in Sport (NOSMS), 539
National Review,
561
National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, 436, 473, 503, 509, 536, 580, 584, 624–25
Arthur Ashe Commemorative Garden, 625
Arthur Ashe Stadium, 624–25
National Tennis Foundation, 425
National Tennis League (NTL), 205, 233, 234, 239, 242, 243, 246, 266, 271
National Urban League, 229, 243, 244, 285, 318, 514
Nation of Islam, 166, 559
Nations Cup tournament, 444
Native Americans, 7
Nautilus Sports Medical Institute, 421
NBC, 404, 415, 425, 428, 487, 574
NBC Nightly News, 599
Negritude, 288
Negro status, 5, 6, 62, 96, 122, 132, 153–55, 166, 218
Nelson, Todd, 524, 528
Nestlé, 591
net play, 72
of Ashe, 72, 73, 364
Newark, New Jersey, 554–55, 591
Newcombe, Don, 46
Newcombe, John, 127, 133, 148, 152, 155, 156, 183–88, 204, 205, 219, 222, 245, 247, 248, 298, 299, 300, 305, 315, 390, 401, 435
Ashe vs., 188, 215–16, 354, 366
Newfong, John, 287
New Jersey Boy’s Tournament, 51, 57–58
of 1959, 58
Newman, Butch, 71, 79, 102
New Orleans, 77, 173, 204, 434
New Orleans World Fair (1984), 513
Newport, 436, 529–30
New South Wales championships, 151–52
New South Wales Open, 438
Newsweek, 612
New York City, 21, 22, 24–26, 29, 58–59, 143, 169, 194–95, 205, 211, 245, 278, 420, 427, 559, 565, 579
Ashe’s memorial service at St. John the Divine, 610–12
New York Daily News, 531, 599
New Yorker, The, 223, 229, 231, 232, 248
New York Giants, 46
New York Herald Tribune, 25
New York Hospital, 447, 452, 544–46, 594, 602–3
New York State, 26
New York State Athletic Commission, 167
New York Times, The, 26, 102, 116, 170, 191, 201, 208, 215, 222, 226, 242, 250, 254, 294, 303, 357, 369, 370, 377, 394, 401, 418–19, 425, 426, 427, 460, 462, 479, 487, 500, 506, 532, 536, 537, 540, 551, 556, 558, 574, 575–76, 579, 607–8
New York Times Book Review, The, 551, 552, 553
New York Times Magazine, The, 153, 287
New York University, 597, 613
New Zealand, 148, 150, 239, 270, 309, 321
Ngcobo, Renee, 337
Nicholson, Dan, 552
Nicklaus, Jack, 258
Nigeria, 275, 400–401, 504
Nightline, 574
Nimitz, Chester, 88
Nippon Electronic Company (NEC), 471
Nixon, Richard, 220, 239, 242, 252, 265, 295–96, 302, 354, 407
“Tar Baby” policy, 265
Nkrumah, Kwame, 275, 367
Noah, Marie-Claire, 288–89
Noah, Yannick, 288–90, 436, 457, 490–92, 498, 502, 508–9, 526–27, 626, 627
Ashe and, 288–90, 490–91, 508–9, 526–27, 610
Davis Cup play, 490–92
1983 French Open win, 502, 508, 527
Noah, Zacharie, 289
Nongoma, 360
nonviolence, 174–75, 176, 177, 559
Norgarb, Leon, 340
Norris, Bill, 478
North, segregation in, 57
North Carolina, 8, 28, 29, 42, 62, 343, 563
North Carolina A&T University, 627
North Shore Tennis and Racquets Club, Queens, 59
Northwestern University, 99
Norvell, Aubrey James, 177
Nottingham, 325, 349–50, 371–73, 405
Nureyev, Rudolf, 606
Nyerere, Julius, 274, 368
Obama, Barack, 627–28
Odizor, Nduka, 504
Off the Court (Ashe), 7, 60, 179, 208, 459–60, 584
Ogner, Joianna, 109–10
Ohio, 42, 51, 57
Ojai Valley, 125
Okker, Tom, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 222, 224–25, 233, 267, 281, 282, 287, 299, 300, 302, 304, 366, 368, 375, 391, 578
1973 South African Open Doubles, 335–36, 338
Olesker, Michael, 575
Olmedo, Alex, 156, 266
Olvera, Miguel, 199, 213
Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR), 230
Olympics, 209, 513
boycotts, 209–11, 216–17, 226, 229, 230, 263, 361, 442, 454, 462
of 1936, 22
of 1948, 30
of 1960, 80, 85
of 1964, 209
of 1968, 209–11, 216–17, 226, 229, 230, 383, 442, 459
of 1980, 442, 465
of 1984, 513
of 1988, 513, 525
of 2008, 589
Omega Award, 509
OPEC oil embargo, 318
“An Open Letter to Black Parents—Send Your Children to the Libraries” (Ashe), 419
Open Tennis, 96–97, 202–6, 220, 222–27, 233–34, 252–55, 395, 456
Ashe’s first tournament, 215
Ashe’s 1975 Wimbledon victory, 371–86, 387–90, 453
Ashe’s statistics, 456, 642
categories of, 204
Code of Conduct, 394, 477, 480, 484, 519–20, 531, 532
cult of celebrity, 395–99, 402–3
end of era, 284–85
evolution of, 202–6, 269
first Wimbledon, 215–17
Grand Prix circuit, 271–73, 276–77, 297
ILTF vs., 96–97, 203–4, 234, 242–43, 252, 269–77, 296–98
independent vs. contract pros, 242–43, 269–77, 284–85, 296–98
London agreement, 297–98
1968 U.S. Open, 222–27, 228
1969 U.S. Summer Circuit, 252–55
prize money, 202–6, 222, 224, 225, 233–34, 242, 243, 245–47, 252, 256, 271–72, 276, 296, 302–5, 313, 317, 362, 367, 369, 390, 393, 402–7, 440, 469, 471
WCT and, 205, 234, 239, 246, 257, 271–73, 284, 296–98
World Cup, 269–70
See also specific players, organizations, tournaments, and venues
Operation PUSH, 422
Orange Bowl International Junior Cup Tournament, 54–55, 72–73, 345
Orantes, Manolo, 348–49, 366, 387, 388, 394, 402–3, 433
Orlando Sentinel, 575
Osborne, Jim, 214
Oscard, Fifi, 501
Osuna, Rafael, 74, 99, 107, 119, 120, 131, 137, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146, 169, 196, 197, 202, 214
Owens, Jesse, 22, 455, 535
Pacific Coast Doubles tournament, 124, 170, 205
Pacific Coast International Championships, 184, 234
Pacific Coast Junior title, 27
Pacific Eight singles title, 136
Pacific Southwest Championship, 121, 234, 406
Paige, Satchel, 22
Paish, John, 316
Palafox, Antonio, 119, 120, 141
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 465
Palmer, Arnold, 222, 258, 537, 681n4
Palmer, Paul, 106
Palm Springs, 441, 514
Pan American Games, of 1967, 201
Pancho Segura Tennis Club, Guayaquil, 198–200
Paris, 100, 203, 204, 235, 247–48, 275, 306, 309, 323, 348–49, 357, 390, 445, 457, 490, 526
Parker, Frank, 223
Parker, Jim, 67, 71, 76, 79
Parks, Gordon, Jr., 28, 413
Parks, Rosa, 324, 333
Pasarell, Charles, Sr., 55
Pasarell, Charlie, 55–56, 73–75, 79–81, 98, 101, 105, 122–26, 133, 136, 139, 157, 158, 170, 178, 184, 186, 189, 195, 196, 198, 200, 201, 204, 213, 214, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 235, 240, 241, 245–49, 260, 269, 272, 273, 276, 281, 287–88, 309, 365, 378, 391, 417, 451, 454, 529, 535, 596, 627
Ashe and, 55–56, 73, 74–75, 105–9, 122–23, 128, 168–69, 182, 193, 217, 569, 611, 614–15
at UCLA, 74–75, 88
–89, 91, 105–9, 122, 158, 178
“Unforgettable Arthur Ashe,” 614
Pasarell, Dora, 55
Pasarell, José Louis, 55
Pather, M. N., 357–58
Paton, Alan, 335
Cry, the Beloved Country, 335, 690n26
Patterson, Floyd, 46, 166, 192
Patterson, Dr. Russell, 544–45
Pattison, Andrew, 357, 371, 436
Patton, George S., 9
Patton, Phil, 537
Paul, Mr., 6
PCP, 547, 602
Pecci, Victor, 444
Peete, Calvin, 502
Pelé, 578
Pennsylvania lawn tennis championship, 116, 129
Penzold, Edmund “Teddy,” 35–36
People magazine, 614
Pepperdine College, 124
Pepsi-Cola Company, 202, 271
Perth, 484–87
Peters, Roumania, 29
PGA, 272, 284
PGA Championship, 558
Philadelphia, 21, 143, 168–69, 181, 191, 204, 297, 366, 400, 440, 450, 463, 513
Philadelphia Cricket Club, 21
Philadelphia Open, 242
Philip Morris Incorporated, 169, 198, 202, 243, 253, 260, 523, 577
Philippines, 241
Phillips-Moore, Barry, 332
Philmont Country Club, Philadelphia, 181–82
Phoenix, 107, 125, 170
Pilic, Niki, 204, 309–13
Pilic Affair, 309–13
Pimentel, Iyo, 121
ping pong, 91, 122
Pittsburgh Courier, 128
Pittsburgh Steelers, 398
Player, Gary, 258, 265, 283–84, 578, 685n18
Players Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), 260–61, 529, 536
Poitier, Sidney, 397
Policinski, Gene, 567–68, 569
politics, 2–3, 76, 131, 318, 407–8
Ashe’s views and activism, 2–3, 127–28, 131, 155, 167–68, 171–79, 193, 202, 206–13, 216–18, 229–31, 236–45, 249–56, 262–69, 273–75, 295–302, 318–19, 320–46, 354, 357–62, 383, 400–401, 407–10, 419–23, 426, 441–43, 457–49, 462–65, 469–70, 487–89, 510–11, 515–16, 521–23, 532–34, 539–40, 556–59, 563–67, 585, 591–94, 605
Poro College, 69
Portland, Oregon, 474
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 184–86
postage stamp, Arthur Ashe, 615
Potomac Tennis Club, 529
poverty, 8, 61, 109, 208, 318, 353
Powell, Lewis, Jr., 62–63
presidential elections:
of 1968, 206, 220
of 1972, 296, 302
of 1976, 408, 415
of 1980, 463, 465
of 1984, 533
of 1988, 539–40
of 1992, 566, 583, 595
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 613
press, 25, 32, 59, 178, 475
Argentine, 499
on Ashe, 102, 107, 108, 111, 116, 118, 128, 141, 149, 151–55, 163, 170–71, 182–83, 190, 191, 200, 201, 207–10, 218, 222, 226–33, 235, 236, 248, 249, 265, 279, 300, 302, 305, 326, 329, 333–36, 360–62, 369–70, 383–84, 388, 394–99, 418–19, 427, 441, 444, 456, 479, 487, 496, 523–24, 531, 532, 546, 551–53, 567–78, 588, 599, 607–8, 613–14