1. Arthur Ashe
This moment came in 1980 when Ashe was named as the first African-American Davis Cup captain. ... It is this kind of heart that lead to him being not only the first African-American Davis Cup captain, but the first African-American to play Davis Cup for the United States. ... He would lead the team to victory in 1968 by becoming the first African-American to win the U.S. ... This was made apparent when upon his death in 1993 he became the first person to lie in the Virginia Governor's Mansion since General Stonewall Jackson (p.2). ...
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