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Althea Gibson: Tennis Player (Ferguson Career Biographies) by Michael Benson, 2005-11-30 Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters by Cecil Harris, Larryette Kyle-DeBose, 2007-07-25 Althea Gibson: Young Tennis Player (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Beatrice Gormley, 2005-01-06 Althea Gibson: Tennis Player (Ferguson Career Biographies) by Michael Benson, Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson (Women Who Dared Series) by Sue Davidson, 1997-05-12 Tennis for Anyone! (Revised Edition) by Sarah; Sarah Palfrey (Author); Althea Gibson (Foreword); Gladys M. Heldm Plfrey, 1977-01-01 Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson by Frances Clayton Gray, Yanick Rice Lamb, 2004-08-26 Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher, 2007-08-14 The Match: Althea Gibson & Angela Buxton: How Two Outsiders--One Black, the Other Jewish--Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History by Bruce Schoenfeld, 2004-06-01 Althea Gibson (Black American) by Tom Biracree, 1990-12 Playing To Win: The Story Of Althea Gibson by Karen Deans, 2007-08-09 I Always Wanted to Be Somebody by Althea Gibson, 1958-06 The Match: Althea Gibson and a Portrait of a Friendship by Bruce Schoenfeld, 2005-05-31 GIBSON, ALTHEA: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed.</i> by Arthur, JR. Ashe, 2006

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41. BBC SPORT | Tennis | Black Tennis Pioneer Dies
    Former Wimbledon, US and French Open winner althea gibson dies at the age of 76. The tennis star, who helped to break down colour barriers in sport,  
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3147336.stm
    
    Extractions: 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

42. LII - Results For "gibson, Althea, 1927-"
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43. LII - Results For "gibson, Althea, 1927-"
    This is the official Web site for althea gibson, who overcame Subjects gibson, althea, 1927 tennis players Golfers African American athletes  
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44. Welcome To The Althea Gibson Website
    althea gibson overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and success. A pioneer in both amateur tennis and professional golf, althea  
    http://www.altheagibson.com/

45. Althea Gibson Biographical Information
    There was no professional tennis tour in those days, so gibson turned to the pro golf On September 28, 2003 at the age of 76, althea gibson died in East  
    http://www.altheagibson.com/biographical.htm
    
    Extractions: recognized tennis scene. A trailblazing athlete who become the first African American to win championships at Grand Slam tournaments such as Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Doubles and the United States Open in the late 1950s. Gibson had a scintillating amateur career in spite of segregated offerings earlier in the decade. She won 56 singles and doubles titles during her amateur career in the 1950s before gaining international and national acclaim for her athletic prowess on the professional level in tennis.

46. SHE THANG: PROFILES- ALTHEA GIBSON
    gibson was the first African American female to win a major tennis tournament. althea gibson broke the color barrier at Wimbledon.  
    http://www.harlemlive.org/shethang/profiles/altheagibson/gibson.html
    
    Extractions: 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.

47. Gibson, Althea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
    gibson, althea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 200105. In 1971 she was named to the National Lawn tennis Hall of Fame.  
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    Extractions: Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference Columbia Encyclopedia PREVIOUS NEXT ... BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Gibson, Althea

48. Black Issues Book Review: Renaissance Woman: Althea Gibson Was A Tennis Legend,
    Full text of the article, Renaissance woman althea gibson was a tennis legend, a professional golfer, actress, singer, political candidate,  
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    Extractions: ALAN Review Afterimage American Drama American Music Teacher ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Renaissance woman: Althea Gibson was a tennis legend, a professional golfer, actress, singer, political candidate, education advocate, and she wrote a memoir Black Issues Book Review Nov-Dec, 2004 by Yanick Rice Lamb

49. Black Enterprise: Remembering The African American Godmother Of Tennis: Althea G
    Born to Win The Authorized Biography of althea gibson (Book) / Excerpts Remembering the African American godmother of tennis althea gibson 19272003  
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    Extractions: Academy of Marketing Science Review Accounting Historians Journal, The Accounting History AgExporter ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Remembering the African American godmother of tennis: Althea Gibson 1927-2003 Black Enterprise Sept, 2004 by Frances Clayton Gray Yanick Rice Lamb

50. Althea Gibson
    althea gibson was a dominant force in women s tennis. Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina, gibson, a righthander, grew up in Harlem.  
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    Extractions: Surmounting the obstacles of poverty and racism, Althea Gibson reached the pinnacle of her sport against the odds, becoming the first African American woman to win a major tennis tournament. In 1956, Gibson broke the color barrier at a major tournament by becoming the first black person to win the French championships. The next year, she did it again by winning both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, and repeated these two tournament wins the following year for good measure. Althea Gibson was a dominant force in women's tennis. Born August 25, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina, Gibson, a right-hander, grew up in Harlem. Gibson disliked school but she was very good at sports. Her favorite was basketball but it was paddle tennis that started her on the way to her destiny. Displaying an awesome talent, she was given a tennis racquet by a friendly musician and immediately took to the game. She then quit school and devoted her time to tennis, playing in tournaments organized by the American Tennis Association, which was predominantly black.

51. Althea Gibson
    After retiring from tennis, gibson toured with the Harlem Globetrotters, As the wall of racism crumbled, tennis unwillingly conceded and althea stepped  
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    Extractions: It was not until 1956 that she broke through, as she became more consistent on the base line. She became the first black woman to win the French Open. Unfortunately, this was her only appearance at the French. She also won the women's doubles at the French and became the first black to win at Wimbledon by capturing the women's doubles title there. In 1957 and 1958 she reigned supreme, ranking number 1 in the world and voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. Her bumper year was in 1957: she won Wimbledon and the US title, adding the women's doubles at the former and the mixed doubles at the latter. At Wimbledon, the United Press reported that "Althea had command of her game right from the start. The rangy New Yorker with the best serve in women's tennis dropped her service only once." In 1958, she repeated at Wimbledon and at Forest Hills, where she also won her third Grand Slam women's doubles title.

52. A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Althea Gibson | PBS
    althea gibson, Encyclopedia Britannica. (Born Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, SC, US) Until 1956 gibson had only fair success in match tennis play, but that year  
    http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/althea_gibson.html
    
    Extractions: 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.

53. Famous South Carolinians - Artists & Musicians - Althea Gibson
    althea gibson was born near Sumter, South Carolina in 1927. She was a very talented tennis player at only 15 years of age she was the New York State  
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    Extractions: Althea Gibson was born near Sumter, South Carolina in 1927. She is best known for her athletic accomplishments including being named the woman athlete of the year in 1957. She earned this title by winning the All-England Women's singles at Wimbledon, the United States Women's day-court championship in Illinois, and the U.S. Open in New York all in the same year. She was a very talented tennis player: at only 15 years of age she was the New York State black girls tennis singles champion. She defended her title in 1958, by again winning the U.S. Open and the Wimbledon Championship. She not only played tennis, but her talents also extended to golf. Later, in 1963, she joined the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association), displaying her golf skills to the world. She was recognized for her outstanding talent again in 1971 with her induction into the National Lawn Tennis Hall of Fame.

54. Althea Gibson
    One young girl named althea gibson lived in Harlem in the 1930s and 1940s. By 1942 gibson had won the girls’ singles event at the American tennis  
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55. Encyclopedia: Althea Gibson
    In 1971, althea gibson was inducted into the International tennis Hall of Fame and in 1975 she was appointed the New Jersey state commissioner of athletics.  
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56. IDS: Black Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies At 76 (Sports, 09/29/2003)
    althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black player to win Wimbledon and the US national title,  
    http://www.idsnews.com/story.php?id=18529

57. Althea Gibson: Women's History
    althea gibson became the first important black tennis player. She was one of the leading women amateur players from 1950 to 1958, and dominated women s  
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    Extractions: Althea Gibson (Library of Congress photo) Althea Gibson became the first important black tennis player. She was one of the leading women amateur players from 1950 to 1958, and dominated women's tennis in 1957 and 1958. Gibson won singles titles in the United States National Championships (now the U.S. Open) and the All-England (Wimbledon) Championships in 1957 and 1958. She also played on the winning U.S. teams in the Wightman Cup meets for American and British women both years. Gibson was born in Silver, S.C., and grew up in New York City. She began playing amateur tennis in the early 1940's. She retired from tennis in 1958, and became a professional golfer.

58. SC African-American History Online
    althea gibson is a champion among athletes. As a pioneer in both amateur tennis gibson was never completely at ease in amateur tennis for she realized  
    http://www.scafricanamericanhistory.com/currenthonoree.asp?month=4&year=2002

59. Althea
    althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to win Wimbledon and US national titles,  
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    Extractions: 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.

60. [Deathwatch] Althea Gibson, First Black To Win Wimbledon, U.S. Open, 76
    althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the gibson picked up tennis while growing up in New York, slapping rubber  
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    Extractions: Date Prev Date Next Thread Prev Thread Next ... Thread Index Gibson dies at 76 Tennis pioneer first black to win Wimbledon, U.S. Open Posted: Sunday September 28, 2003 2:09PM; Updated: Sunday September 28, 2003 3:12PM http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/tennis/09/28/gibson.obit.ap/index Prev by Date: [Deathwatch] Sonora Webster Carver, horse rider, 99 Next by Date: [Deathwatch] Elia Kazan, director, 94 Previous by thread: [Deathwatch] Sonora Webster Carver, horse rider, 99 Next by thread: [Deathwatch] Elia Kazan, director, 94 Index(es): Date Thread

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