that s it. new ball. shots are 2-2. got by him. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and fort. in all white country clubs but a new, young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially an african american context. does still persist in the world about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletes. i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketballs. and the challenge now is to convince young black athletes that the
that s it. [ applause ] 2-2. comes back with it! you try to put your entire being mentally and physically on automatic pilot while you re playing tennis. everything is concentrated on the razor s edge and you forget the score. you forget where you are. you forget what your name is. i feel like my body s floating within myself. the game of tennis is a symphony in white. players in white suits hitting a white ball back and forth between white baselines in all-white country clubs. but a new young player has come along and he is one of the greatest we have ever produced, and he is not white. i sense confusion in what an athlete should be, especially in an african american context. there does still persist in the world myths about black athletes because we tend to do disproportionately well in athletics. some people think we are all brawn and no brains. and i like to fight the myth. there are lots of us who can think as well as run, jump, hit tennis balls, dunk basketb
I also felt slightly helpless. things would be different now because he was sosht of seen as our knight in shining armor. crowds gathered within two hours of the death and they soon became mobs. washington, chicago, new york and pittsburgh. 100 cities rage with riot. uncontrolled carnival of looting began. 50,000 troops to stop them. i had not seen that much commotion in the streets possibly ever in my lifetime. martin luther king dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings.
i was very angry. i also felt slightly helpless. things would be different now because he was sort of seen as our knight in shining armor. crowds gathered along harlem s 125th street within two hours of dr. king s death. and they soon became mobs. race riots broke out in washington, chicago, new york, york, baltimore and sbug. 100 cities rage with riot. 39 die. arrested. uncontrolled carnival of looting began. 50,000 troops to stop them. i had not seen that much commotion in the streets possibly ever in my lifetime. martin luther king dedicated