Althea Gibson

US Open semifinals show tennis is more accessible to black girls and women

Althea Gibson and the Williams sisters opened doors for Stephens and Keys

What Had Happened Was: 8/22/17

Oh, you didn’t know? We got you.

50 Greatest Black Athletes — the top 10 snubs and five honorable mentions

Making the case for the list’s most glaring omissions

Althea Gibson to be remembered at American Tennis Association Tournament

Documentary about the first black Grand Slam champion will be shown during 100th national championships

Black tennis history

What Had Happened Was: 7/21/17

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This doctor’s prescription for the game changed tennis

Dr. Robert ‘Whirlwind’ Johnson helped shape the careers of tennis greats Arthur Ashe, Althea Gibson and others

Althea Gibson becomes first black player in the U.S. national tennis championships

In 1956, she won the French championship, becoming the first black person to do so