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Althea Gibson, the first African American to become tennis champion of the world by winning the Wimbledon match in England, waves from an open car during the parade up Broadway in the City's official ...

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 ...