101. Deaf Chat Forum Black tennis pioneer althea gibson dies at 76 althea gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to http://www.alldeaf.com/text/topic/5464-1.html

Deaf Chat Forum Pages: Black tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76 (Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images) Posted by: Lasza Black tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76 Black tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76 Althea Gibson, a sports pioneer who broke the color barrier in tennis in the 1950s as the first black woman to win Wimbledon and the U.S. national title, died Sunday. She was 76. Gibson, seriously ill for several years, died of respiratory failure at a hospital in East Orange, N.J., after spending two days in the intensive care ward, said Fran Gray, a longtime friend who co-founded the Althea Gibson Foundation. ``Her contribution to the civil rights movement was done with her tennis racket,'' Gray said. Gibson was the first black to compete in the U.S. championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951. She won both Wimbledon and the U.S. championships in 1957 and 1958, the French Open in 1956, 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.

102. BAW: Althea Gibson’s Feats Live On In Book, Exhibit Since 1998, the althea gibson Foundation offers tennis and golf instruction to hundreds of youth in greater Newark, NJ, awards scholarships, http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/althea926

Username Password join BAW forgot password news Hurricane Katrina 2005 BlackAmericaWeb News BAW Commentary Entertainment News ... Destinations 2005 TJMS Listen Live Shop Joyner Gear If You Missed It Express Yourself ... Sky Show tj foundation Tom Joyner Foundation HBCU of the Month General Information Make a Donation ... Life Enrichment Challenge health Get Fit with Donna Health Tom Joyner's Doctor Day '05 Career ... Tips for Grads Althea Gibson’s Feats Live on in Book, Exhibit Althea Gibson’s Feats Live on in Book, Exhibit Date: Sunday, September 26, 2004 By: Wayne Dawkins, BlackAmericaWeb.com BlackAmericaWeb.com In 1957 Gibson was the first black person to win at Wimbledon and she was the first black to win at the U.S. Open in 1958. Gibson was a trailblazer for current superstars Serena and Venus Williams. Since 1998, the Althea Gibson Foundation offers tennis and golf instruction to hundreds of youth in greater Newark, N.J., awards scholarships, provides after-school programs and promotes the life and legacy of the athlete and humanitarian. Web site: www.altheagibson.com

103. KeepMedia | Tennis: Tribute To Althea Gibson althea gibson s lifeshe was a sharecropper s daughter who became a Wimbledon championread like a movie script, but what happened during her secondround http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/Tennis/2003/10/01/912792?extID=10026

104. Superstars: In Memoriam: Althea Gibson In Memoriam althea gibson Superstars, Scoop, Friday, October 03, 2003. She simply changed the landscape of tennis, said Alan Schwartz, president of the http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=3528&si=122

105. Black Britain | History | Biographies, News, And Archives In Respect Of Black Hi althea gibson overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and althea gibson was born on August 25 1927. In 1949 she played against white http://www.blackbritain.co.uk/history/details.aspx?i=88&c=biography&h=Althea Gib

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