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Althea Gibson, the first African-American ever to win a Grand Slam title, provided a perfect example of America’s schizophrenia over its attitude to people of color in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
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With the Olympics having begun, I'm torn between two competing urges. One, is not to miss a single moment of the Games. And two, is not to get totally hooked and waste untold hours watching competitions like synchronized swimming or the the five-event pentathlon
Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to enter space, had a rich tennis history. Ride, who passed away on Monday, was a standout junior in Southern California