61. IDS: Black Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies At 76 (Sports, 09/29/2003) Print view, Black tennis pioneer althea gibson dies at 76 by DeeptiHajela Indiana Daily Student Published Monday, September 29, 2003. http://www.idsnews.com/print.php?id=18529

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64. Althea Gibson - Encyclopedia Article About Althea Gibson. Free Access, No Regist althea gibson (August 25 August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the GregorianCalendar (238th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. Events. As a tennis. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Althea Gibson

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65. 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)

66. Althea Gibson Biography Few tennis players have had to overcome more obstacles to become champions than AltheaGibson, the first African American to win at Forest Hills and Wimbledon. http://idcs0200.lib.iup.edu/~cat/Pages/agbio.html

Althea Gibson Few tennis players have had to overcome more obstacles to become champions than Althea Gibson, the first African American to win at Forest Hills and Wimbledon. During her twenty-three year career, she won fifty-six major singles and doubles championships. Born August 25, 1927 in South Carolina, Althea grew up in New York City's Harlem. Though her family was poor, her tennis ability caught the attention of Dr. Robert W. Johnson, a Lynchburg, Virginia, physician who was active in the black tennis community. Through Dr. Johnson's sponsorship, she was able to get better instruction and competition, as well as contacts with the USLTA that moved her into the mainstream tennis circuit. She first entered the U.S. Open in 1950, the first person of color to compete in that tournament. In 1956, she won the singles title and was a member of the winning doubles team at the French Open. She then went on to capture the Wimbledon doubles title alongside Englishwoman Angela Buxton. After a final-round loss to Darlene Hard at the U.S. Open in the same year, Gibson returned in 1957 to win the singles title, finally reigning in her own country. In addition to her many other honors, Gibson in 1991 became the first woman to receive the NCAA's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Award.

67. Althea Gibson: Tennis Champion - By Tom Biracree althea gibson tennis Champion. Book Store Book Review Sports Outdoors Racket Sports Racket Sports althea gibson tennis Champion http://www.bookfinder.us/review7/087067563X.html

Althea Gibson: Tennis Champion Racket Sports Book Review AUTHOR: Tom Biracree ISBN: 087067563X Compare price for this book Racket Sports Racket Sports Althea Gibson: Tennis Champion - Book Review, by Tom Biracree Annotation Follows the life of the first black woman to win the tennis competition at Wimbledon. From The Critics School Library Journal Gr 7-12 While Gibson's life was successful in the tennis arena, she was not as triumphant in other aspects of her life. Biracree provides a chronology of her trials, accomplishments, and failures. An introduction by the president of Radcliffe College is lively and motivational. The biography of the first black woman of tennis does not go beyond 1975, and does not mention her induction into the Hall Of Fame. It also does not tell of her doubles' achievements. A narrative style with quotes from Gibson's journal, black-and-white photographs of good quality, along with short chapters provide easy reading. Readers interested in famous women, black Amercians, tennis, and/or sports figures will find the book informative. Janice C. Hayes, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro Compare prices for this book Racket Sports Racket Sports

68. Althea Gibson - Athlete tennis althea gibson. Background Information Ms althea gibson isthe first black woman to play international tennis. Born in 1927 http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk37d.htm

Althea Gibson - Athlete Marlys Henke developed the following multicultural activity for her mathematics class: " TENNIS - Althea Gibson Background Information: Ms. Althea Gibson is known to all as a magnificent athlete. Even though she worked hard to obtain the title, she knew it was necessary for her to be an exceptional tennis player when she first began playing. In 1966, Ms. Gibson was the first black woman to win at Wimbleton. She is and has been named as one of America's most outstanding athletes. She was the top-ranked woman tennis player in the country in 1957 and 1958, and the first black to achieve this honor. Althea Gibson is the first black woman to play international tennis. Born in 1927 in South Carolina, she grew up in Harlem and began playing tennis at an early age. Early in 1981, Leslie Allen became the first black woman since Althea Gibson to capture a major tennis tournament by winning the Avon tennis tournament in Detroit. Problem: Before people can play tennis, someone must plan the construction of a tennis court. Here is a drawing of a tennis court with the measurements indicated in feet. How many cubic feet of asphalt would you order to make a tennis court 3 inches thick? How many cubic yards would be ordered? If you were to construct this court with an apron 10 feet wide, how many cubic yards of asphalt would you order to do the whole job? Developed by Marlys Henke.

69. Tributes Pour In For Tennis Legend Althea Gibson, Dead At 76 Tributes pour in for tennis legend althea gibson, dead at 76. Monday,29Sep-2003 700AM PDT. Story from AFP Copyright 2003 by Agence http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/bp/Qus-gibson-tennis-reax.RvCg_DST

Get the depth on this story! Tributes pour in for tennis legend Althea Gibson, dead at 76 Monday, 29-Sep-2003 7:00AM PDT Story from AFP WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (AFP) - Tributes poured in Monday honoring African-American tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died at the age of 76. ClariNews Local, technical, or sports news your customers really care about - on your front page two hours from now! The White House lauded Gibson, who broke the color barrier in her sport, as a champion of "remarkable spirit, determination, and skill." "Althea Gibson rose above segregation and discrimination to become a world-class tennis player," the White House said in a statement. "In breaking the racial barrier in championship tennis, she furthered America's progress in recognizing individuals for their character and abilities, not their skin color." Gibson was the first black athlete to compete in the US Open championship in 1950 and at Wimbledon in 1951. Gibson went on to win the French Open in 1956 and back-to-back US and Wimbledon titles in 1957 and 1958. After her first Wimbledon victory, she was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City. "She simply changed the landscape of tennis," said Alan Schwartz, president of the United States Tennis Association.

70. Sports Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies After Lengthy Illness EAST ORANGE, New Jersey, Sept 28 (AFP) tennis champion althea gibson, the firstblack to win Wimbledon and the US Championships, died Sunday. She was 76. http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/bt/Qtennis-usa-gibson.RhKT_DSS.htm

Get the depth on this story! Sports pioneer Althea Gibson dies after lengthy illness Monday, 29-Sep-2003 6:18AM PDT Story from AFP EAST ORANGE, New Jersey, Sept 28 (AFP) - Tennis champion Althea Gibson, the first black to win Wimbledon and the US Championships, died Sunday. She was 76. News Vantage Gibson had been in poor health for years and passed away at East Orange General Hospital, according to Darryl Jeffries, a spokesman for the city of East Orange. Fran Clayton Gray, chief executive officer of the Althea Gibson Foundation, said Gibson suffered a heart attack three months ago that kept her bedridden. She entered the hospital two days ago with bladder and kidney infections and died from respiratory arrest. A big hitter with an awesome serve, Gibson became the first black person to play at the US Championships in 1950 and Wimbledon a year later. She won the French Championship in 1956, earned back-to-back titles at Wimbledon and the US Open in 1957-58 and added three doubles crowns at Wimbledon from 1956-58. Gibson fought through the color line when segregation was the rule, paving the way for other black champions, like the late Arthur Ashe and Venus and Serena Williams.

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72. »»Reviews For Gibson, Althea«« Average review score No reviews found. Changing the Game The Stories of TennisChampions Alice Marble and althea gibson (Women Who Dared Series). http://www.booksunderreview.com/Sports/Tennis/Players/Female/Gibson,_Althea/

Gibson, Althea Reviews Related Subjects: Female Book reviews for "Gibson, Althea" sorted by average review score: Althea Gibson Published in Paperback by Fearon/Janus/Quercus (June, 1984) Author: T. Biracree Amazon base price: Average review score: No reviews found. Althea Gibson Published in Paperback by Fearon/Janus/Quercus (June, 1984) Amazon base price: Average review score: No reviews found. Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson (Women Who Dared Series) Published in Paperback by Seal Press (June, 1997) Author: Sue Davidson Amazon base price: Average review score: No reviews found. I Always Wanted to Be Somebody Published in Hardcover by HarperCollins (June, 1958) Author: Althea Gibson Amazon base price: Average review score: No reviews found. Jim Thorpe-Althea Gibson Published in Paperback by Pendulum Pr (June, 1979) Authors: John N. Fago and Naunerle C. Farr Amazon base price: Average review score: No reviews found. Published in Hardcover by Amistad Press (June, 2004) Author: Bruce Schoenfeld Amazon base price: Average review score: No reviews found.

73. Althea althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950sas the first black woman to win Wimbledon and US national titles, died Sunday http://www.paddletennis.biz/Althea.htm

PaddleTennis.Biz info@paddletennis.biz PaddleTennis.biz, LLC Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are property of PaddleTennis.Biz. Goodbye Althea - 9/28/03 Gibson, first black to win Wimbledon, U.S. titles, dies at 76 Sept. 28, 2003 SportsLine.com wire reports Althea Gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to win Wimbledon and U.S. national titles, died Sunday. She was 76. Gibson had been seriously ill for several years and died at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey, where she had spent the last week, according to Darryl Jeffries, a spokesman for the city of East Orange. Althea Gibson was named Woman Athlete of the Year in 1957 and 1958. (AP) Gibson was the first black to compete in the U.S. championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951. However, it wasn't until several years later that she began to win major tournaments, including the Wimbledon and U.S. championships in 1957 and 1958, the French Open, and three doubles titles at Wimbledon (1956-58). "Who could have imagined? Who could have thought?" Gibson said in 1988 as she presented her Wimbledon trophies to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

74. Challenge Group - DAILY CHALLENGE tennis legend althea gibson honored Challenge Group Originally posted 10/2/2003althea gibson’s body will lie in public view at the Newark Museum today. http://www.challenge-group.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=32754&sID=4

75. ITA - 1995 Inductee Althea Gibson a formidable serve, althea gibson (b.1927) won 56 titles in her career. A courageouschampion, gibson became the first black player in international tennis. http://web.wm.edu/tenniscenter/gibson.html

Althea Gibson An exceptional athlete with a formidable serve, Althea Gibson (b.1927) won 56 titles in her career. A courageous champion, Gibson became the first black player in international tennis. Alice Marble , Gibson played at the U.S. championships in 1950 and then at Wimbledon in 1951. After earning her B.S. in 1953 and briefly retiring from tennis Gibson came roaring back in 1956, winning the French women's singles and doubles titles and Wimbledon doubles - the first black to win a Grand Slam event. In both 1957 and 1958 Gibson took the U.S. and Wimbledon singles crowns, becoming the No.1 player in the world. Gibson turned professional in 1959 and later pursued a variety of interests including a 10-year term as New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner. Awarded numerous honors, Gibson became the first woman recipient of the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award in 1991. Althea Gibson with Shirley Fry (Rt) Career Highlights 11 Grand Slam titles (5 Singles, 5 Doubles, 1 Mixed Doubles)

76. KRT Wire 09/28/2003 Barrier-breaking Althea Gibson Dies At 76 singer, a teacher, an orator, an actress and one of the greatest champions inthe history of tennis. But the significance of althea gibson s life, which http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/6885515.htm

77. Althea Gibson, Tennis Champion (Text Only) By Tom Biracree althea gibson, tennis Champion (Text only) by Tom Biracree Matina S.Horner Chelsea House Publishers. althea gibson, the first black http://www.childrenselibrary.com/singletitle.php?productID=11034

78. ChicagoSports.com - blues singer, a teacher, an orator, an actressand one of the greatest championsin the history of tennis. But the significance of althea gibson s life, which http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/tennis/chi-0309290159sep29,1,4498

79. From Althea Gibson To Venus Williams, By Andrea Lewis center court on to center stage in the tennis world a world that, except for thesisters, doesn’t look much different than it did in althea gibson’s day http://www.progressive.org/mpbvlw00.htm

July 13, 2000 From Althea Gibson to Venus Williams by Andrea Lewis I was born in 1957, the year that Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win Wimbledon. Back then, Gibson's name and accomplishments were as recognized in the black community as Michael Jordan's are now. It's taken more than four decades for another African-American woman to win the championship at the world's most respected tennis tournament. In fact, there are currently two black female champions at Wimbledon: Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Venus won the single's title and teamed up with sister Serena to win the doubles crown the first time sisters have ever accomplished the feat. Yet with all of the joy surrounding the Williams' triumph, it's sad to note that Althea Gibson has been reduced to little more than a footnote in sports history. "The first thing I thought when Venus won was, ‘Althea would have loved to be here today.’ It would have been great," tennis legend Billie Jean King told the Associated Press. One would almost assume from those words that Gibson died long ago. In fact, Gibson is 72 years old and lives in obscurity somewhere in East Orange, N.J. The Associated Press reports that "efforts to reach (Gibson) for comment were unsuccessful."

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home search introduction help ... Coming Soon... Althea Gibson, Tennis Champion American Women of Achievement size: 87KB by Tom Biracree Matina S. Horner Sale Price: List Price: You Save: Shipping: (immediate eBook delivery) Newsletter Price: How do I get the newsletter price? isbn: date: publisher: iPictureBooks, Inc. first published: This book is part of a series: American Women of Achievement Browse more in: Biography/Memoir Children's Books Notify me when new ebooks by Tom Biracree are released. Notify me when new Biography/Memoir ebooks are released. read excerpt download excerpt add to wishlist Synopsis Althea Gibson, the first black person to compete in U.S. Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) tournaments, broke the racial barrier in tennis with her perseverance and fighting spirit. She won both the All-England Tennis Championship at Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals at Forest Hills, thus claiming the number one spot in women's tennis. Her determination to "be someone" took her to the pinnacle of tennis and opened the door for black participation in the game. Today, she remains an inspiration to all athletes. This is part of Chelsea House Publishers' American Women of Achievement series. This ebook contains the complete text from the original print version.

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