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 ...

Passionate about equality, she was instrumental in desegregating American tennis, helping Althea Gibson break the color barrier. As a coach, she guided Billie Jean King, and her legacy was ...

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 ...

One of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis, Althea Gibson, played tennis on the park's courts during a tournament in the 1940s. It opened in 1923, and the West ...

Gene Kahane writes, "It seems this month, Black History Month, is the best time to look at race and sports because, to put it ...

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 ...

Women and astronauts of color have Mae Jemison to look up to ... Before Serena and Venus Williams, there was Althea Gibson. Gibson was the first Black American tennis player to compete in the ...