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Big serve in Highland Park/The late tennis star, humanitarian and Richmond native Arthur Ashe Jr. is depicted serving in this new mural. Location: Boaz & Ruth headquarters, 3030 Meadowbridge Road, on the building’s northwest side facing Giles Avenue. Kyle Holbrook, a Pittsburgh-based artist and filmmaker, created the mural July 28 as part of his work to install the images of African-American greats on buildings across the country. He and the artists he recruits are completing the project through a nonprofit, Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project, or MLK Murals, that he founded in 2002. His purpose: To beautify, educate and empower through art. Richmond is among the 56 cities in the United States and overseas that now have one or more MLK Murals.

Big serve in Highland Park/The late tennis star, humanitarian and Richmond native Arthur Ashe Jr. is depicted serving in this new mural. Location: Boaz & Ruth headquarters, 3030 Meadowbridge Road, on the building’s northwest side facing Giles Avenue. Kyle Holbrook, a Pittsburgh-based artist and filmmaker, created the mural July 28 as part of his work to install the images of African-American greats on buildings across the country. He and the artists he recruits are completing the project through a nonprofit, Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project, or MLK Murals, that he founded in 2002. His purpose: To beautify, educate and empower through art. Richmond is among the 56 cities in the United States and overseas that now have one or more MLK Murals.