As Women’s History Month closes, we take a closer look at Althea Gibson, the Black American two-sport athlete whose legacy is still being celebrated even 20 years after her death. It may be 50 years ...
1927 Althea Gibson is born in Silver, SC, on August 25, 1927. 1930 Family moves North to Philadelphia, PA, then settled in Harlem in New York City. 1939 At age of 12, Althea becomes New York City ...
A recent biography of the complicated tennis legend underlines the sport’s persistent challenges with race, class, and celebrity. Ad Policy American tennis star Althea Gibson hits a return shot to ...
Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The press continued to build up the hype in the days before Wimbledon, ...
Saraswathi has asked me to answer a series of questions about the relative contributions of Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the game of tennis. Here goes: 1) In terms of their contributions to ...
In 1959, Renee Powell was a teenager in Canton, Ohio. Her sport was golf, not tennis. But even she appreciated just how big a deal it would be to meet the Althea Gibson. Gibson was one of the most ...
On Aug. 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people took to the streets of Washington, D.C. The March on Washington aimed to highlight the inequalities African-Americans faced socially and politically in the U ...
Her athletic performance in New York impressed onlookers of all colors and cracked opened the door for a new generation of Black players to come By Sally H. Jacobs - Author, Althea: The Life of Tennis ...
Gibson was the first black player to win a tennis Grand Slam "Everything was white. The balls, the clothes, the socks, the shoes, the people. Ev-ery-thing." Billie Jean King grimaces as she slowly ...
On Monday, the U.S. Open will unveil a new statue of Gibson, who achieved many firsts for African-Americans in tennis. Althea Gibson sculpture at National Tennis Center in Queens.Credit...Jeenah Moon ...
Picture taken on July 5, 1958 at Wimbledon showing American tennis player Althea Gibson after winning the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships. (Photo by - / INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS / AFP) / France ...
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