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Arthur Ashe statue is lone monument standing on historic street in ...


Arthur Ashe statue is lone monument standing on historic street in ...

The last Confederate statue to be pulled from Richmond's historic Monument Avenue makes Black tennis legend Arthur Ashe the lone monument still standing on the ...

Arthur Ashe Monument Is The Lone Statue Remaining In Former ...

A monument of legendary Black tennis star Arthur Ashe is now the only remaining statue standing at the historic Monument Avenue in Richmond, ...

Arthur Ashe Monument - Wikipedia

The Arthur Ashe Monument is a bronze sculpture by Paul DiPasquale installed along Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue. The statue depicts tennis player ...

The History of the Arthur Ashe Monument in Richmond - Style Weekly

He'd built a model of the statue and alerted the Arthur Ashe Memorial Committee. They were impressed with his work. According to DiPasquale, a ...

How an Arthur Ashe statue ended up in Richmond's Confederate ...

“Richmond Could Be Next Monument Battleground,” an NBC News report asserted on Sunday. The capital of Virginia, and the former capital of ...

"An Avenue for All People:" How Arthur Ashe Came to Monument ...

“Richmond is known as a city of monuments. And the marquee street for monuments is Monument Avenue,” declared Richmond sportswriter Paul ...

Arthur Ashe monument coming down, at the request of his family.

72 votes, 73 comments. 161K subscribers in the rva community. News, events, and goings-on in and around the Richmond, VA metro area known as ...

Where the Confederates Fell, Arthur Ashe Still Stands

Richmond's Monument Avenue was a tribute to the insidious myth of the Lost Cause. But now the rebel statues that lined that street are being torn down.

Arthur Ashe on Monument Avenue in Richmond - Virginia Places

The Arthur Ashe Monument is at the intersection of Monument Avenue and Roseneath Avenue, and is located at the western end of the line of monuments. The ...

Separate times, shared spaces: Arthur Ashe, Monument Avenue and ...

addition of an Ashe statue would undermine the historic integrity of this famous street. The figures on Monument Avenue are heroes; this theme should be ...

The Arthur Ashe Statue in Richmond

The Ashe statue did not arrive without controversy, primarily over the choice of location on Monument Avenue. Black journalists took special interest in probing ...

City maintenance of Arthur Ashe Monument criticized - WRIC

Richmond native and tennis great Arthur Ashe stands tall at the corner of Monument Avenue and Roseneath Road, but in recent months, weeds and ...

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe's idea to resolve Arthur's statue struggle

Richmond, and its monument to Arthur Ashe, have been at the center of a struggle over U.S. history this summer.

In the Name Of - richmondmagazine.com

The Ashe Monument ... It started as a meeting between artist Paul DiPasquale and Arthur Ashe at a tennis demonstration for youngsters at Byrd Park ...

Arthur Ashe Statue Sets Precedent for Monument Avenue

When Paul Dipasquale built a statue in honor of Arthur Ashe, he didn't know that it would be one of the last still standing on Richmond's ...

Cornerstone Contributions: Creating Monument Avenue

Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson Monument, Monument Avenue and Arthur Ashe Boulevard, October 1919, looking west. The buildings in the ...

Arthur Ashe statue arrives on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia

VIDEO VAULT July 1996: Arthur Ashe statue arrives on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.

Separate times, shared spaces: - Arthur Ashe, Monument Avenue

addition of an Ashe statue would undermine the historic integrity of this famous street. The figures on Monument Avenue are heroes; this ...

Arthur Ashe statue remains in Richmond as Confederate statues fall

Arthur Ashe, who stood for so much, might be the last statue standing in Richmond ... This story has been updated. ... Asked whether she ever ...

Search for 1887 time capsule under Robert E. Lee monument a lost ...

Workers in Richmond, Virginia, moved huge granite stones and dug a deep hole in hopes of finding a time capsule in the pedestal that once ...