In 1992 Arthur Ashe, the first black man to win the U.S. Open, announced at a press conference that he was HIV positive. He had been previously tipped that U.S.A today had been informed of the situation, and was going to print the story, and beat them to the chase. Later on that year Arthur Ashe spoke vividly about the situation and revealed the press, that he felt forced into clarifying his situation after the media was tipped about his HIV status.
Arthur Ashe also stated in a later interview with U.S.A today, that the Highly ranked newspaper had not been the first to know about his HIV status. Other media professional backed this statement, after Arthur Ashe's death in 1993. Broadcasters later went on record with A&E Biography, to say that it was universally agreed upon to keep the matter private and not to publish the story, for fear of African American community being devastated
and Ashe's repertoire of history making event's to be scrutinized. Ashe had been diagnosed since......

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Title: Arthur Ashe And Robert Finn
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