Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Althea Gibson Pictures
Althea Gibson’s trail-blazing tennis career delivered a crushing defeat to segregation. The poor South Carolina girl learned to play championship tennis at recreation and club programs in Harlem, New York. Gibson’s success in the all-black American Tennis Association (ATA) gave her the confidence she needed to pursue the sport. Here, Gibson holds court at Wimbledon, 1957.
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
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Althea Gibson
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