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RICHARD EVANS SHARES HIS NIGHT AS ALTHEA GIBSON’S ESCORT AT THE WIMBLEDON BALL thumbnail

RICHARD EVANS SHARES HIS NIGHT AS ALTHEA GIBSON’S ESCORT AT THE WIMBLEDON BALL

It was Charles Wintour, the father of Vogue’s Anna Wintour, who assigned me to write Althea Gibson’s copy for the London Evening Standard in 1960 and, in doing so, kick started my tennis writing career.
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Althea Gibson by Richard Evans

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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BLACK HISTORY MONTH – UNLOCKING THE BARRIERS

In 1926, Carter Woodson, a historian and co-founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, came up with the idea of making the second week of February “Negro History Week”.
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10SBALLS_COM SHARES PHOTOS FROM THE TENNIS MUSEUM & ARCHIVES, PANCHO SEGURA, GUSSY MORAN, FRED PERRY, AND ALTHEA GIBSON

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She Was Somebody Alright – Althea Gibson thumbnail

She Was Somebody Alright – Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson was born to sharecropper parents in South Carolina on August 25, 1927. Defying all odds, she became the first African-American tennis Grand Slam champion
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U.S. OPEN TENNIS 2015 IS ABOUT TO BEGIN & TEAM 10SBALLS_COM IS READY, STARTING WITH TASTE OF TENNIS

We are all here now. New York, New York..... What a great city. Tonite is our favorite party. The Taste Of Tennis! Penny and Judy Lerner know how to throw great parties! We are so excited we are practically counting down the hours.
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10SBALLS_COM SHARES SOME PHOTOS OF THEIR FRIENDS. NIKE TENNIS REALLY TOOK OVER THE NYC STREETS

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ALTHEA GIBSON AND ELLA FITZGERALD TWO GREAT ROLE MODELS

Former tennis great Althea Gibson and singing sensation Ella Fitzgerald shared so much more in common than the fact that they have both been bestowed the remarkable honor of having a commemorative stamp issued to them by the United States Postal Service.
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“10s Whenever” Newsletter Vol. 140

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“10s Whenever” Newsletter Vol. 139

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“10s Whenever” Newsletter Vol. 136

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She Was Somebody Alright – Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson was born to sharecropper parents in South Carolina on August 25, 1927. Defying all odds, she became the first African-American tennis Grand Slam champion
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Dateline London: Before Venus and Serena – By: Jack Neworth

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
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Andy Roddick Dives For Championships

Folks they'll be talking about this one for a long time.... it was just unreal. It would have felt better on grass... It was a great final.
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Althea Gibson

Did you think our brief mention of Arthur Ashe was it..... Let's talk a little about Althea Gibson!

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