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 ...

Tennis great Althea Gibson, one of the first Black athletes to cross the sport's color line in international competition, is among the trailblazers honored in a digital exhibit created by the ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

Before Serena and Venus Williams, there was Althea Gibson. Gibson was the first Black American tennis player to compete in the U.S. National Championships (a precursor of the U.S. Open ...

Former Congressman Al Lawson gives brief remarks during a ceremony held for the renaming of Wanish Way to Althea Gibson Way on the Florida A&M University campus on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Althea Gibson's journey in tennis was marked by immense talent, resilience, and a determination to succeed. However, her path was anything but easy. In the 1940s, tennis was an elitist sport that ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

But how much of the show is true? And was Belle Gibson a real person who faked having cancer? In Apple Cider Vinegar, Kaitlyn Dever stars as Belle Gibson, an Australian wellness influencer who ...

Mel Gibson visited the rubble of his $14.5 million Malibu mansion Wednesday, one week after it burned down in the Palisades Fire. The actor, 69, was escorted through his neighborhood in a ...

Black History Month will be celebrated with various presentations at the African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society.