MEDIA Show Media Credit: Library of Virginia Original Author: U. S. Department of StateCreated: March 9, 1970Medium: PassportArthur Ashe’s PassportThis is a U.S. passport issued to Arthur Ashe on March 9, 1970. Ashe, who traveled widely, applied for a new passport on March 10, 1975, just two days after this document expired.FEATURED INArthur Ashe (1943–1993)