The True Story of How Althea Gibson Broke the Color Barrier in Tennis and Golf
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Althea Gibson was a tennis pioneer; in the 1950s, she was the first black player to win a major championship. Yet Gibson, often subjected to bigotry & exclusion in a sport that lacked diversity, "got the last laugh" on Monday. https://cbsn.ws/2Hr9wJd | CBS Evening News
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In 1957, Althea Gibson shattered one of the biggest barriers in sports history. She became the first Black player — man or woman — to win Wimbledon, and even shook hands with Queen Elizabeth II on Centre Court. But when she returned to the United States — the country she represented — the celebration stopped. In Chicago, multiple hotels refused to give her a room because of her race. She had just become a world champion. Yet she still wasn’t seen as welcome. Althea’s journey began far from grass
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