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 ...

On Monday, Day 1 at the US Open and Women's Equality Day, a statue of Althea Gibson was unveiled in Flushing Meadows. Placed just outside Arthur Ashe stadium, the sculpture—created by Eric ...

Before Althea Gibson could play -- much less win -- major tennis tournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But Gibson had less control against this foe, which went by the name segregation.

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 ...

Althea Gibson is the most revered athlete to ever step foot on Florida A&M’s campus. And now, the former Rattler tennis star who broke the color barrier and became the first African American to ...

Sam Dubbin When Althea Gibson dreamed of joining the big American tennis leagues, she was denied because she was Black. In Britain, Angela Buxton dreamed of joining the best tennis clubs there ...

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Althea was born and raised in Miami Florida. At 12, she moved to Lima, Peru, with her family where she graduated from high school. In 2018, she moved back to Florida and attended the University of ...

Currier also had a column in the men's magazine "Adam," entitled "Ask Althea," in which she answered readers' questions. She retired from entertainment in the late 1960s.