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At Tuesday's meeting, commissioners decided they will be giving tennis great and Florida A&M University graduate Althea Gibson only an honorary designation on the road through signage despite a ...
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The USGA Experience and World Golf Hall of Fame welcomes Dr. Ashley Brown on Saturday, Oct. 26, for a celebration of her ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States Tennis Association will honor Althea Gibson with a statue at the U.S. Open. The first African-American to win the U.S. Nationals singles title in 1957 will be ...
Before Althea Gibson could play -- much less win -- major tennis tournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But Gibson had less control against this foe, which went by the name segregation.
Zina Garrison made headlines in 1990 at Wimbledon by becoming the first African-American woman to reach a Grand Slam final since Althea Gibson 32 years earlier. Off the court, she had made news ...
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When Althea Gibson dreamed of joining the big American tennis leagues, she was denied because she was Black. In Britain, Angela Buxton dreamed of joining the best tennis clubs there, but she was ...