Tuesday, 27 August 2019

New Statue At U.S. Open Honors African-American Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson

A statue of Althea Gibson sits in front of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the first round of the US Open tennis tournament in New York.

She was the "Jackie Robinson of tennis," said Billy Jean King as the first African-American player and champion in international tennis. She later integrated women's professional golf.

(Image credit: Frank Franklin II/AP)



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