81. National Women's Hall Of Fame - Women Of The Hall althea gibson. Pendulum Press, 1979. Davidson, Sue. Changing th Game TheStories of tennis Chapions Alice Marble and althea gibson. Seal Pr. http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=186

82. SIKIDS | BLACK HISTORY MONTH Alice wrote a letter to a popular tennis magazine. If althea gibson represents achallenge to the present crop of players, she wrote, then it’s only fair http://www.sikids.com/news/blackhistory/altheagibson.html

document.adoffset = 0; document.adPopupFile = '/sikids_adspaces/adsPopup2_exclude.html'; document.adPopupInterval = '7'; The U.S. Nationals (now the U.S. Open) was held at country clubs, and most of the clubs did not allow blacks to play. That policy was wrong, and on August 30, 1950, Althea Gibson changed it. Althea grew up in Harlem, in New York City. She loved sports and took up tennis when she was 14. She was tall for her age (5’ 10"), strong, and quick. She used her long reach and quick feet to make shots that frustrated opponents. But Althea’s championship play in the ATA did not win her an invitation to the U.S. Nationals. In 1950, Althea got some help from four-time U.S. Nationals champion Alice Marble, a white player. Alice wrote a letter to a popular tennis magazine. "If Althea Gibson represents a challenge to the present crop of players," she wrote, "then it’s only fair that they meet this challenge on the courts." Two months later, Althea was invited to play in the U.S. Nationals, in Forest Hills, New York. Her aggressive style took her to the second round of the tournament. There, she lost a close match to Louise Brough, a Wimbledon and U.S. champion.

83. OpinionJournal - Leisure & Arts LEISURE ARTS A Force to Behold Remembering tennis great althea gibson.BY BILLIE JEAN KING Thursday, October 2, 2003 1201 am EDT. http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110004093

84. BBC SPORT | Tennis | Black Tennis Pioneer Dies Former Wimbledon winner althea gibson has died at the age of 76. The tennis star,who helped to break down colour barriers in sport, was the first black woman http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3147336.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Question of Sport CHOOSE A SPORT Select Football Cricket Rugby U Rugby L Tennis Golf Motorspt Boxing Athletics Snooker Racing Cycling Disability Sport US Sport Other Olympics 2004 N Ireland Scotland Wales Last Updated: Sunday, 28 September, 2003, 17:37 GMT 18:37 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Black tennis pioneer dies Gibson paved the way for black stars like the Williams sisters Former Wimbledon winner Althea Gibson has died at the age of 76. The tennis star, who helped to break down colour barriers in sport, was the first black woman to compete at the US Open in 1950 and at Wimbledon in 1951. And she went on to win both titles in 1957 and 1958, also adding a French Open to her list of honours. Gibson had been seriously ill for years and died at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey. She was responsible for raising the profile of black athletes at a time when prejudice was common. Gibson won her first tournament at 15, becoming the New York State black girls' singles tennis champion. Have Your Say Your tributes to Althea After her ground-breaking appearances at the US Open and Wimbledon, she was almost driven out of the game due to a loss of form.

85. A Salute To Althea Gibson, Tennis Pioneer Who Died A Salute to althea gibson, tennis pioneer who died. today at age 76. Re A Saluteto althea gibson, tennis pioneer who died. Could you share some links with us? http://boards.kusports.com/printthread.php?Cat=&Board=tennis&main=55420&type=thr

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88. CNN.com - Tennis Pioneer Gibson Dead At 76 - Sep. 28, 2003 althea gibson, the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon and US Opentennis championships, has died at the age of 76. Skip to main content. http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/09/28/tennis.gibson/

document.adoffset = 0; document.adPopupDomain = 'edition.cnn.com'; document.adPopupFile = '/cnn_adspaces/adsPopup2.html'; document.adPopupInterval = 'P24'; document.adPopunderInterval = 'P24'; The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. World Business ... Special Reports ON TV What's on Business Traveller Global Office Music Room ... Talk Asia Services E-mail Mobile AvantGo Make homepage Ad info About us How to get CNN Partner Hotels CNNtext Languages Spanish Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Turkish Tennis pioneer Gibson dead at 76 Gibson won back-to-back titles at Wimbledon in 1957-58. Story Tools NEW YORK (Reuters) Althea Gibson, the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon and U.S. Open tennis championships, has died at the age of 76. Gibson, who dominated women's tennis in the late 1950s, had been seriously ill for years. She died in hospital in New Jersey of respiratory failure, longtime friend Fran Gray said. In 1957 Gibson became the first black to win the Wimbledon women's singles title and she repeated the feat by claiming the U.S. national crown at Forest Hills. Gibson, born on a South Carolina cotton farm and raised in Harlem, became the first American black to play in the U.S. championships in 1950 after posting a string of titles in the all-black American Tennis Association.

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90. 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.

91. Great American History Fact-Finder - -Gibson, Althea The Great American History FactFinder. gibson, althea. (1927- ), tennisplayer. After winning the first of ten consecutive national http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_076800_gibsonalthea.ht

Entries Publication Data Dedication Advisory Board ... World Civilizations The Great American History Fact-Finder Gibson, Althea , tennis player. After winning the first of ten consecutive national Negro women's singles titles in 1948, Gibson rose quickly in the tennis ranks. She became the first black athlete to play Forest Hills, Long Island, in 1950 and the first black American invited to Wimbledon in 1951, capturing both the British and the U.S. singles championships in 1957-58. As the first black tennis player to win all the world singles titles for women, she turned professional in 1959 to win the women's professional singles crown in 1960. Site Map I Partners I Press Releases I Company Home I Contact Us Terms and Conditions of Use Privacy Statement , and Trademark Information

92. 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.

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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.

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