 Welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa a little bit of history now. Let's just go back a little bit to 1975 on the 5th of July if you look very closely at the world of tennis you might notice that there's not so many Black tennis champions will accept, you know, the Williams sister Serena and Venice But you know, that's in the female category if you look at of course The new kid on the block now Cocoa golf I think But if you look at the male tennis category, there's not very many of them, you know from, you know, the african-american category But there's just one of them and of course it was on this day that he made history in 1975 to be the first black american African rather without win building In 1975 this happened many many many years ago and over time that has not changed I've looked to see if there's going to be any other one Over time, but not not even once on the 5th of july author. I say Defeated the heavily favored genie corners to become the first black man to ever win a win building It is of course still the most coveted championship in tennis He began playing tennis as a boy in his hometown in richmond virginia two years After winning the tennis championship a scholarship to ucla he was taken on the wing of tennis star Pancho Gonzalez who recognized the young player's potential in 1968 He became the first black man to you to win the u.s. Open and two years later He captured the australian open for his second grand slam title Over the next seven years. He won his share of tournaments, but no may no more majors Until of course in 1975 when it was 31 years old and he eventually won the win building title furthermore He of course his best finishes at win building had been losses in the semifinals in 1968 and 1969 and that was before 1975 happened Eventually retired from competitive tennis in 1980 after suffering a heart attack and Over time won 51 tournaments in retirement. He wrote a three volume book A hard road to glory which was first published in 1988 and of course detailed the struggle of black athletes in america In 1983 this is maybe the side part of his old story in 1983 he After a double bypass surgery. He was infected with hiv After a blood transfusion and that's the story of author ashay the first african-american to win win building in 1975 interesting story about author see um I love dark horses right people who nobody ever looked at to Think they would do they'll do great people who people people who others look down on You know and author ashay was one of such even though he had First of all, he was no stranger to breaking collar barriers He had won other tournaments that others hadn't because you know, he was one of the first black Men with black tennis players to win those awards And also when he came to this win building Because he was about 31 years old at the time, you know people said oh you are way past your prime There are other younger players who are going to go in there and thrash you so he was very surprising when author Won that game because it became the first black man to win win building now that racket You see him holding now sit at the national museum of american history He donated that museum to them, you know, just gave it to the national museum of american history to say You know just giving this Part of his you know just the honor to share that with the world and talking about that AIDS story I found that very very sad. He had a blood transfusion And but we know that there's lots of investments in medicine, of course Your blood will be tested to make sure that you're clear If you have to donate to someone, but he had that blood transfusion was infected with AIDS Then he became a champion speaking out about AIDS, you know sensitization and then later passed in 1993 A great story there about author ashay. He basically broke broke records and Just gave the black name a reputable story and history. It's still sad, you know, and this is what I mentioned earlier It's still sad that you know since 1975. There's still not been any, you know, reasonably very successful male tennis black tennis player I can't think of any that has You know won, you know, either the u.s. Open, you know, wouldn't on any of them, you know, I guess that's why authors Was is your celebrated globally for for breaking such a such a history? Yeah, but still why I just can't figure it out. Why? I mean, besides the you know, the williams sisters Who of course are phenomenal and I saw Andi mori even had to you know defend them a couple of days ago when it was being interviewed and you know, he The interview had said, oh, you know, you know, the I can't remember what the question was, but he had to remind them that you know, the williams sisters had broken those You know records, you know, long ago before any male counterpart and all that but there still should have been one male black tennis player The world is waiting for you. Sorry. I'm too old So they said about author Let's go now to um the year 1946. Now on this day in history a french designer Designed what is now known as the bikinis Now this story I have personal issues with this story because we know about how White people would take something that has been existing in the black race and then say they invented it They discovered it. They, you know, when you find out there's really nothing new under the sun You, you know dig into history and you find pictures of asians egyptians rocking bikinis, you know With inscriptions of a very low gridly fix on their wall, you know, so but it is Said that this french designer introduced the bikini I would rather use the word reintroduce because like I said, you find pictures of asian history women Um Wearing bikinis so he basically according to what the story says Because of the aftermath of the second world war there was, you know, rationing of material and he said, okay Let's him make do with what he could and he designed these two piece bikini suits That, you know, there was quite an acceptance of it in france, you know, people accepted it But in other parts of the world, you know, people frowned at it and said, oh, you know, you're just sexualizing the woman It's very immodest and, you know, just lots of criticism But people then began to change views as time went on to say, oh, this is a Manipation of women, you know, this is liberation for women and their bodies and now it's globally accepted I mean bikinis is one of the most popular sports Outfits or sports clothing ever and research shows that 85 percent of bikinis don't even enter water You know women just wear bikinis look good, you know for photo shoots And, you know, just bask under the sun and have a nice time at the beach. So, yes On this day in history, um, 5th of july 1946 Fretch designer Lewis Reed actually Reintroduced the bikini. Yeah, um, good thing seeing those pictures, you know, and seeing what it looked like in the 40s Um, what the bikinis actually look like, you know, because now they're just ropes So they are just ropes Then one of these, oh my, you mean thongs? Then one of these, they're just ropes now, they're ropes Then when they used to complain because I saw a short video clip, you know, if people say, you know, that show is showing too much You know, disgusting that some of the, that's in 1946, but eventually it was accepted over time We've gotten to a place where it's just ropes, you know, you just have a rope, um, you know, between the It's kind of thong Still just ropes, you know, and, um, you know, we've gotten to accept, you know, that Nudity is a part of our world. Nobody was born with clothes. Um, and so it shouldn't, you know, be such an issue if a person, you know, decides to And I have absolutely no, no issues with it So what do you have to say with people who criticize women who wear bikinis to beaches? And you know, women say, oh, am I supposed to wear and I'll buy that to the beach, you know, people do this Yeah, but that's true. What are you supposed to, what else are you meant to wear that it's beachwear? Um, it might have different names, thongs, bikinis, whatever you want to call them But it's it's beachwear you what how else are you meant to go to the beach? But, you know, we still have that culture in Nigeria, especially when the woman is married with kids People then body shave and say, oh, you're married. Oh, you have kids. You shouldn't be dressed that way. Do you think that's been hypocritical? Because they will look at girls like that and find them attractive. So why then do they criticize? Yeah, I think there's there's still we still have that cultural and then religious, um, you know Hypocrisy hanging all over, you know, us because a lot of the things that we criticize We do them behind closed doors a lot of things that we, you know, frown out At in public, you know, we glorify behind closed doors. So Um, and it's really it depends on if you care about what any other person thinks, you know And what your you know partner depends on your marriage to things That's the only person that matters not any other person's opinion on the outside So if you have a wife that decides to want to show us the way begin and take pictures on the outside And you don't have any problems with it. Any other person's opinion doesn't matter That's their own personal problem. They should do what they want and you know do what they choose Yeah So, yeah, you know, we we're celebrating bikinis celebrating the new age bikinis Looking forward to what it looks like in the next 20 years when we move away from ropes to Strings or nothing to maybe The end is near Well, let's take a break here and we'll be back to talk business to say with us