to kemp eat in the u.s. open, she was also the first black player to win wimbledon. the 29 year old was greeted with a ticker tape parade of broadway, a first for a woman of color. by the end of the decade, she had won unimpressive 11 grand slam titles, and the next black woman to win a grand slam title, none other than serena williams herself. the new york times points out that both serena and venus williams are known admirers of ms. gibson. in 1999, serena, then 17, faxed missteps in the list of questions in connection with the school projects. and the sisters used a photo of miss gibson on the back cover of a black history newsletter that they created. last week, on what would ve been althia gibson s 95th birthday, the block on 143rd street in harlem, where she grew up, was re-names off the a gibson way. a celebration of two tennis
broadway, a first for a woman of color. at the end of the decade, gibson had won unimpressive 11 grand slam titles and the next black woman to win a grand slam title, none other than serena williams herself. new york times points out, both serena and venus williams are known admirers miss gibson, in 1999, serena than 17 faxed miss gibson a list of questions in connection with the school project. and the sisters used photo of miss gibson on the back cover of a black history newsletter that they created. last week on what would ve been althia gibson s 95th birthday, the block on 143rd street in harlem where she was renamed was renamed, althia gibson way. a celebration of two tennis legends, whose greatness will stand the test of time. these two great ladies take us off the air tonight. and that extraordinary no, i
arthur ashe the first african-american man to win wimbledon but not until 1975. we took a look in our vault to see how history recorded gibson s moment on this day in 1957. a new tennis queen was born. althia gibson of new york became the first to win the title and won the u.s. nationals, too. sportsmen everywhere applauded her triumph and shared in her moment of glory when queen elizabeth herself present to the girl from harlem. that girl from harlem was actually born in south carolina and was mindful of her roots in the segregated south and all that she had overcome, even as she won wimbledon. she wrote in her memoir shaking hands with the queen of england was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown wilmington, north carolina.