61. Media Center Wheaties Honors tennis Great althea gibson gibson broke women's tennis colorbarrier and went on to win five Grand Slam Titles. East Orange, NJ 2/7/2001. http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/media/news/story.asp?storyID=717

62. Althea Gibson 1927 althea gibson 1927. gibson, althea (b. August 25, 1927, Silver, SC), Americanathlete , first African American to win major tennis tournaments. http://www.bostonenet.com/blackachievers/AltheaGibson/

Althea Gibson Gibson, Althea (b. August 25, 1927, Silver, S.C.), American athlete , first African American to win major tennis tournaments. Althea Gibson, who moved with her family to Harlem at the age of three, was from an early age involved in many competitive sports. Gibson began to play tennis in Police Athletic League paddle tennis games. In 1945, she won the girls' singles championship of the all-black American Tennis Association (ATA), and from 1947 to 1956, she held the title for the ATA women's singles. In 1946, Gibson moved to North Carolina to live with Dr. Hubert Eaton, who, along with Dr. R. Walter Johnson, took an interest in her career. Under their tutelage, Gibson's game matured, and she developed her fast footwork and signature big serve. In 1953, Gibson graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. During the 1950s, she began to challenge racial segregation in tennis by playing at tournaments sponsored by the United States Lawn Tennis Association (later renamed United States Tennis Association), which had previously been restricted to white players. In 1950, Gibson became the first black competitor at the National Championships (later renamed the U.S. Open) in Forest Hills, New York. She was invited to compete only after Alice Marble, a four-time singles winner at Forest Hills, expressed her disgust at the efforts to stop Gibson from playing because of her race. In 1951, Gibson was the first black person to play tennis at the Lawn Tennis Championships at the All-England Club in Wimbledon, England.

63. Althea Gibson / Tennis Coach (1927 - ) althea gibson / tennis Coach, (1927 ), No other black woman athlete hasrisen to prominence in tennis that althea gibson achieved in the 1950s. http://www.hometoharlem.com/HARlem/hthcult.nsf/notables/152f74cd368fd982852565cf

Althea Gibson Tennis Coach Biography: Althea Gibson was born on August 25, 1927, in Silver, SC. She was the daughter of Daniel and Anna Gibson. At the time of Althea's birth, her father was working as a share-cropper on a cotton farm. The crops failed for several years and they moved to New York City, where four other children were born. Gibson was a restless youngster who wanted to "be somebody" but didn't know how to pursue that goal. She decided that school wasn't the answer for her, and often played hooky to go to the movies and the Apollo Theater. After finishing middle school, she was promoted to Yorkville Trade School. Her problems became worse in school. She was referred to a series of social workers, some of whom threatened her with the prospect of reform school. Gibson longed for a world behind the crowded streets of Harlem and for her own independence. Even before she was the legal age to drop out of high school, she applied for working papers and quit attending her classes. By the time she was age 14, Gibson was a ward of the New York City welfare department. Social workers helped her find steady work and put her in a PAL Sports Program. Gibson first contact with tennis was through paddle ball. Her skills caught the attention of Buddy Walker, a Recreation Department employee. He encouraged her to switch to regular tennis and even bought her a racket. Walker introduced Gibson to members of the interracial New York Cosmopolitan Club. They were also impressed with her talent and sponsored her for the Junior membership and private lessons from the pros.

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65. Althea Gibson gibson, Born and reared in depression era Harlem, althea grew up a rebellious childwith a dislike for school. Her saving grace was her ability on the tennis http://www.hollowayhousebooks.com/cgi-bin/display.pl?code=563-X

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68. Althea Gibson althea gibson *tennis Player*. Birth August 25, 1927 in Silver,South Carolina Death Still living Early Influences • In 1930 http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/01_02/BH/AG/ag.htm

Althea Gibson *Tennis Player* Birth: August 25, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina Death: Still living Early Influences: Education: Major Accomplishments: Significance: Contemporaries: Lois Maxwell (http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsmno/maxwell.html) - Actress Anne Gillis (http://rbs.netmar.com/annegillis/index.htm) - Actress Elliot M See Jr (http://members.aol.com/astromem/aircraft/see/) - Astronaut For Further Information About Althea Gibson: Althea Gibson Broke Barriers (http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014035.html) Althea Gibson (http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4566.html) Breaking The Barriers: A Houston Chronicle Special Section (http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4566.html) Created By: Carrie Date Created: February 27, 2002 Return to the Black History Biographies page

69. 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 = 1; document.adPopupFile = '/sikids_adspaces/adsPopup2_exclude.html'; document.adPopupInterval = '15'; 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.

70. Autobiographies (241pp.). gibson, althea, I Always Wanted to be Somebody. Autobiographical accountof althea gibson, black tennis player who won Wimbledon in 1957. (176pp.). http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/bibautogen.htm

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71. The Althea Gibson Cup althea gibson Cup Final Positions Werzer tennis Arena tennis Club Pörtschach,Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Austria 9 - 14 September, 2002 Final Standings 1 http://www.carolynnichols.com/AustriaCups2002/page5.html

The Althea Gibson Cup The members of the Gibson Cup team, listed alphabetically, are: Mary Boswell, Damascus, MD, Louise Owen, Evansville, IN, and Louise Russ, Boca Raton, FL; Captain Dee Williams-Horne, Los Angeles, CA. This cup is being held in Portschach, Austria. The seeds are: Gr. Britain, USA, Japan and Austria. These teams all received a bye on Monday. The USA has So. Africa and Canada in their round robin grouping. There are 12 teams in this competition. The USA beat South Africa and Canada 3-0 to reach the quarterfinals of this competition. They beat Mexico 3-0 and France 3-0 in the quarters and semis respectively. They then took on Gr. Britain in the final and prevailed 2-1. Althea Gibson Cup - Final Positions 9 - 14 September, 2002 Final Standings 1. United States Great Britain Germany France Canada Mexico Japan Switzerland Australia Brazil South Africa Ireland

72. CNNSI.com - SI For Women - 100 Greatest Female Athletes - Monday November 29, 19 althea gibson, tennis. 1927 First African-American to win Wimbledon. http://www.cnnsi.com/siforwomen/top_100/30/

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75. ESPN.com - TENNIS - History 1958, US Open, althea gibson, Darlene R. Hard. 1958, Wimbledon, altheagibson, Angela Mortimer. 1957, US Open, althea gibson, A. Louise Brough. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/history?type=women

76. SurfJones Tennis -- The Daily Tennis Weblog court court crowd, Ashe won, 61, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, over 125 minutes and became thefirst black man to take the highest honor in tennis. althea gibson, a black http://www.newcitycgi.com/surfjones/surfjones.php3?category=Tennis

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78. Atrium Books - Fame - Althea Gibson althea gibson Changing the Game The Stories of tennis Champions Alice Marble andalthea gibson (Women Who Dared Series) althea gibson althea gibson althea http://www.atrium.com/fame/fame-Althea_Gibson.html

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79. OurGOLF.com - Minority Golf Online pro ranks. In 1963, tennis legend althea gibson became the first blackmember of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. I was http://www.ourgolf.com/history/gibson.html

Home Community Member Login Join ourGOLF.com Minority Events Minority Golf Clubs ... Links Shopping Golf Equipment/Mdse Art Work Other Minority Stores Game History Instruction Equipment Reviews Rules of the Game Players Andy Walker On Tour Featured Player Professional Amateurs ... Recommend a Player Courses Tee Time Reservations Golf Courses Travel About Us ourGOLF.com News About ourGOLF.com Contact ourGOLF.com Advertising Information ... Recommend ourGOLF.com History Althea Gibson Gibson constantly sought new challenges and excelled at just about every endeavor she attempted. She became a jazz saxophonist and singer, cutting a modestly successful record titled "So Much to Live For." By the early '60s, she had toured as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, appeared as a soloist on the Ed Sullivan Show and landed a bit part in a John Wayne movie. But it wasn't celebrity she craved most - it was competition. Introduced to golf, she quickly transformed an abundance of raw talent into enough skill to turn professional. Gary Voipe, owner and head professional at Englewood CC in New Jersey, graciously extended an invitation to Gibson to practice at his course and become an honorary member. In 1963, she headed out on tour. The uncharted waters of the LPGA might have drowned one less buoyant and confident than she. On more than one occasion, Gibson had to change her shoes in her car at tournament sites because she wasn't allowed in the clubhouse. At other tournaments, she was barred from playing altogether. Said Renee Powell, who became the second African-American member of the LPGA in 1967, "Lots of tournaments were called invitationals, [which meant] they could invite everybody on the tour or not invite anybody they didn't want to. And they didn't have to invite Althea."

80. 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.

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