Seventy-five years ago, a young woman from Harlem stepped onto the courts at the 1950 U.S. National Championships and changed tennis forever. Her name? Althea Gibson. Gibson became the first Black ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Althea Gibson is a trailblazer. There are few better words to describe the Florida A&M alum. She was one of the first Black athletes to break the color line in tennis and ...

Before there was Venus and Serena Williams, Sloane Stephens or Coco Gauff, there was tennis great Althea Gibson. Now decades after becoming the first African-American to win a Grand Slam title, the ...

When tennis legend Venus Williams stepped onto Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie King Tennis Center for her first-round matchup at the 2025 US Open, her white polo and matching pleated skirt was ...

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 had to fight the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association to compete at a major in 1950. Arthur Ashe hosted private ...

As Women’s History Month closes, we take a closer look at Althea Gibson, the Black American two-sport athlete whose legacy is still being celebrated even 20 years after her death. It may be 50 years ...

Althea Gibson was one of the greatest athletes of all time and a groundbreaking woman in not one but two sports. Gibson was best known for her tennis career, as she was the first African American to ...

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 ...