Althea Gibson, who broke the color bar in tennis, has been remembered at her funeral today as a queen of the sport. When Queen Elizabeth gave Gibson her trophy at Wimbledon in 1957, said U.S. Tennis ...
The renowned Florida A&M University Marching 100 paid tribute to one of the university's most iconic alumna on one of the biggest stages in professional tennis. In a riveting performance at the US ...
In 1950, Althea Gibson became the first Black person to compete at the U.S. National Championships—the precursor to what we now know as the U.S. Open. The following year, she’d again break the color ...