Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How did long-time Sumner tennis Coach Richard Hudlin convince Arthur Ashe to move to St Louis for his senior year of high school?

Historian Cecily Hunter, of the @MOHistoricalSociety, is back to explore Hudlin's role in coaching Ashe before the tennis legend went on to be the only Black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open.

Watch the rest of the "Black History is St. Louis History" series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOBToc54vT5CQRuJmITiTSWHD0aE__KMK.

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