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Quote by Arthur Ashe
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and i

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. – Arthur Ashe

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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. – Arthur Ashe

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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that. – Arthur Ashe

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