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My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.

Arthur Ashe

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Arthur Ashe
Age: 49 †
Born: 1943
Born: July 10
Died: 1993
Died: February 6
Military Officer
Tennis Player
Richmond
Virginia
Arthur Robert Ashe
Jr.
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Flight
Children
Range
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Greatest
Humanity
Full
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