Althea Gibson was one ... name in the athletic world. Her playing competitors at the time said Gibson possessed the star power the LPGA needed to draw in larger galleries and sponsors, therefore ...

On day three of Black History Month, The Post and Courier honors Althea Gibson, the first black player at the French and U.S ...

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.

On Monday, Day 1 at the US Open and Women's Equality Day, a statue of Althea Gibson was ... King did her best to put her finger on why Gibson wasn't recognized earlier (Gibson passed away in ...

Althea Gibson will be honored with a statue at the site of the US Open, the USTA announced on Tuesday. In 1950, Gibson broke tennis' color barrier by becoming first African-American to play in ...