81. Black Biography gibson, althea tennis Star. Goldberg, Whoopi - Comedian and actress. gibson,althea -tennis Player. Greenfield, Eloise - Children's author. http://paulrevereschool.org/Blackbio.html

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Notable Female Athletes Martina Hingis Source/AP Alcott, Amy , golf Ashford, Evelyn , track and field Austin, Tracy , tennis Baiul, Oksana , figure skating Berg, Patricia Jane , golf Blair, Bonnie , speed skating Bradley, Pat , golf Brisco-Hooks, Valerie , track and field Butcher, Susan , sled dog racing Capriati, Jennifer , tennis Carner, JoAnne , golf Cawley, Evonne Goolagong , tennis Chadwick, Florence swimming Coachman, Alice , track and field Comaneci, Nadia , gymnastics Connolly, Maureen , tennis Cooper, Cynthia , basketball Court, Margaret Smith , tennis Davenport, Lindsay , tennis DeFrantz, Anita , olympics de Varona, Donna , swimming Devers, Gail , track and field Dod, Charlotte , tennis, golf, archery du Pont, Margaret Osborne , track Ederle, Gertrude , swimming Evans, Janet , swimming Evert, Chris , tennis Fleming, Peggy , figure skating Freeman, Cathy , track and field Fraser, Dawn , swimming Gibson, Althea , tennis Graf, Steffi , tennis Granato, Cammi , ice hockey Guthrie, Janet , auto racing Hamm, Mia , soccer player Hamill, Dorothy , figure skating Harding, Tonya

83. Sports 2000 - The Sporting News Looks At The Past, Present And Future Of Sports althea gibson, the former black queen of tennis, the tall, stately girl, who proudlydefied the color line in this frilly sport and became the first of her http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/players/011899b.html

sports 2000 archives sports history expert ... the vault Tennis' greatest trailblazer JUNE 24, 1972 by MURRAY JANOFF The Sporting News TSN ARCHIVES Althea Gibson became the first American black to play in the U.S. Championships in 1950. NEW YORK, N. Y. There was a brief item in some of the papers recently reporting that Althea Gibson is contemplating a comeback. I immediately began hoping she does. I also found myself thinking a lot about it the next couple of days and wondering if this just was a hoax. Althea Gibson, the former black queen of tennis, the tall, stately girl, who proudly defied the color line in this frilly sport and became the first of her race to make it to Big-Time tennis and who eventually won Forest Hills and Wimbledon. She may have been the best woman player I've ever seen. We tracked Althea from her home in East Orange, N. J., to the Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton, Mass., where she was competing in the LPGA championships. Golf has been her outlet for a number of years. "Yes," she said, "I'm thinking about coming back to try tennis again. But it depends on a few things.

84. ESPN.com: Althea Gibson Broke Barriers com Before althea gibson could play much less win major tennistournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But gibson http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014035.html

Althea Gibson broke barriers By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com 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. Jackie Robinson played in the major leagues (1947) before a black was permitted to play tennis at the U.S. National Championships. But cracks soon developed in the lily-white sport. And finally, in 1950, when Gibson was 23 years old, she was permitted to play at the U.S. Nationals, becoming the first black to compete in the tournament. Besides making history like Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson felt the same sting of racism as the baseball pioneer did just a few years before her. She also later cracked the color barrier at Wimbledon. In 1956, Gibson made history by becoming the first black person to win the French championships. The next year, she made more history by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals, the first black to win either. She must have liked winning the world's two most prestigious tournaments, too, because she repeated the accomplishments in 1958. The 5-foot-11 right-hander had a strong serve and preferred to play an attacking game. An athletic woman, she had good foot speed, which allowed her to cover the court. As the years went on, she became more consistent from the baseline. Including six doubles titles, she won a total of 11 Grand Slam events on her way to the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

85. SHE THANG: PROFILES- ALTHEA GIBSON gibson was the first African American female to win a major tennistournament. althea gibson broke the color barrier at Wimbledon. http://www.harlemlive.org/shethang/profiles/altheagibson/gibson.html

ALTHEA GIBSON By: Ashely Paul Althea Gibson was born on August 25,1927, in Silver, South Carolina, but moved to New York City in 1930. Gibson was the first African American female to win a major tennis tournament. Althea Gibson broke the color barrier at Wimbledon. As a little girl Gibson disliked school with a passion and because of this unfortunate dislike, Gibson often played hooky. She thought she was getting away from her distaste of school, but she was fooled. Each time Gibson played hooky her father would find out and whip her. Gibson never did blame her father, actually she believed, when she was punished she deserved it. When Gibson was young she loved to play sports, basketball was her first favorite. Gibson then became a highly competent paddle tennis player. She received a tennis racket from a friendly musician, and she immediately took heed to the game. Gibson¹s future in school then took a turn; she quit high school because she could not stand classes. With school out of the way, Gibson began competing in girls¹ tournaments under the patronage of The American Tennis Association, which was almost all black. She ended up attracting two tennis playing doctors as mentors in 1946 named Herbert Eaton of North Carolina and Robert W. Johnson of Virginia, who were both active in the black tennis community. Herbert Eaton took Gibson into his family during the school year; Robert Johnson had her during the summer. Eaton and Johnson provided Gibson with tennis lessons and straightened her out academically; she went back to high school to finish her education. She graduated in 1949 in Wilmington, NC, at the age of 21. However, before Gibson could do anything, another challenge had to be defeated.

86. Althea Gibson althea gibson (born 1927) is noted not only for her exceptional abilities as atennis player, but for breaking the color barrier in the 1950s as the first http://www.africanpubs.com/Apps/bios/0789GibsonAlthea.asp?pic=none

87. History Channel - Speeches - Play-by-play Broadcast: Althea Gibson Wins U.S. Sin Now perhaps one service away from this historic moment which will see althea Gibsonbecome the first Negro tennis champion of the United States. (Forest Hills http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive/speech_380.html

Hear the words that changed the world. From Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech to Lou Gehrig's farewell to baseball, our vast collection is drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the twentieth century. (Reminder: To listen to history being made, you must have RealPlayer installed. If you can't access our audio clips, click here to download RealPlayer.) Play-by-play broadcast Althea Gibson wins U.S. singles championship "Now perhaps one service away from this historic moment which will see Althea Gibson become the first Negro tennis champion of the United States." (Forest Hills, New York, September 8, 1957)

88. A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Althea Gibson | PBS Britannica, althea gibson, (Born Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, SC, US) Americantennis player who dominated women's competition in the late 1950s. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/althea_gibson.html

Need some good information fast on African American history? We've got what you're looking for with our selection of more than 300 reference articles. Article provided by: Encyclopaedia Britannica Althea Gibson (Born Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, S.C., U.S.) American tennis player who dominated women's competition in the late 1950s. She was the first African American to win the Wimbledon and U.S. singles championships. Gibson grew up in her native Silver, South Carolina, and in New York City. She began playing tennis at an early age under the auspices of the New York Police Athletic League, and in 1948 she won the national Negro women's title, which she would hold for 10 consecutive years. While attending Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, she continued to play in tournaments around the country and in 1950 became the first African American tennis player to enter the national grass court championship tournament at Forest Hills, Queens, New York. The next year she entered the Wimbledon tournament, again as the first African American ever invited. I Always Wanted to Be Somebody , appeared in 1958. In 1971 she was elected to the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame.

89. Althea Gibson Web Page althea gibson althea gibson was the first AfricanAmerican international tennischampion. She was born in Silver, South Carolina on August 25, 1927. http://64.172.206.2/Internet/StudentLife/Projects/AAWomen/jenashley.html

Althea Gibson Althea Gibson was the first African-American international tennis champion. She was born in Silver, South Carolina on August 25, 1927. Althea is the eldest of her brothers and sisters. Her parents’ names are Annie and Daniel Gibson. Althea Gibson had no schooling until the age of eight. In 1950 at the age of twenty-three, she made it to Wimbledon, England, becoming the first African-American tennis player to compete in the prestigious tournament. Seven years later she returned to Wimbledon, and she won the women's singles. She was the first African-American athlete to win this award. When she retired from tennis, she played golf for ten years. She won three trophies. But neither golf nor tennis could support her. Althea Gibson has received many important awards and honors in her life. In both 1957 and 1958, she was named the Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year . She has been inducted in five Hall of Fames. One is the most popular Sports Hall of Fame in New Jersey. Another is the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame. Althea Gibson is one of the greatest athletes in history. She paved the way for other African-Americans to participate in other sports that they have never dreamed of before. She wrote two autobiographies entiled

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