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.

As such, it’s important to revisit one of the most pioneering figures to grace the U.S. Open's grounds, the trailblazing Althea Gibson. Gibson made history in 1957 as the first Black American to ...

Hailing from Silver, an unincorporated community in Clarendon County, Althea Gibson found her love for tennis in Harlem, N.Y. She played (and dominated) in paddleball tournaments, and a coach ...

On Monday, Day 1 at the US Open and Women's Equality Day, a statue of Althea Gibson was unveiled ... and Alice Marble helped Gibson break the color barrier at white-only clubs.

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 ...