Althea Gibson

This Week In Good Black News: Tyler Perry Comes To the Aid of a 93-Year-Old Woman, Morehouse Students Get a Financial Break, and Mike Epps Gives Back To His Community

Plus, Coi Leray has your back during Cuffing season.
10/27/2023

Althea Gibson, Ida B. Wells To Be Featured On 2025 Quarters

The U.S. Mint announced the the tennis legend and trailblazing journalist will be on featured among several other notable women.
10/25/2023

Black History Month: 6 Degrees of Connections

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#BlackGirlMagic Trailblazer: Althea Gibson Statue Unveiled At U.S. Open

The first Black athlete to integrate tennis.
08/27/2019

This Day in Black History: Sept. 11, 1999

Serena Williams becomes second Black to win US Open.
09/11/2014

This Day in Black History: Aug. 25, 1927

Tennis legend Althea Gibson was born.
08/25/2014

This Day in Black History: July 6, 1957

Gibson is the first African-American to win Wimbledon.
07/06/2014
Top Moments in US Open History

Top Moments in US Open History

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This Day in Black History: May 26, 1956

Althea Gibson won the French Open.
05/26/2013
1975, golf

Grand Slam: African-American Milestones in Golf

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Shirley Chisholm becomes the first Black woman elected to Congress

She Did It First: Celebrating African-American Female Trailblazers

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