She grew up far from the genteel world of tennis, but became a pre-eminent figure in the women’s sport, reigning as queen of the lawns at Wimbledon and Forest Hills.

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It’s the end of August, which means the U.S. Open is underway at the Bille Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, in New York. As the only Grand Slam tournament to be played ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Images of Althea Gibson are everywhere at the U.S. Open, 75 years since she became the first Black player at a major tennis tournament. The American Grand Slam event's logo is ...

In 1950, Althea Gibson became the first Black person to compete at the U.S. National Championships—the precursor to what we now know as the U.S. Open. The following year, she’d again break the color ...

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