She began singing, even releasing a jazz record, “Althea Gibson Sings,” through Dot Records in 1959. Her vocal talent saw her invited to perform two tracks off the album on “The Ed Sullivan ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The day did not start off well for American diver Alison Gibson. On her first dive in the preliminary round of the Olympic women's 3m springboard competition, her feet crashed into the springboard ...

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.

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