Article: African American Tennis Players.(Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters)(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Tennis legends Arthur Ashe, Althea ...
PR Newswire;  May 13, 1988 ;     600 words ... ... NEWS ADVISORY/ TENNIS LEGENDS ARTHUR ASHE, ALTHEA GIBSON, BILL TALBERT AND OTHERS TO ... opportunity at 6 p.m. will be: Arthur Ashe -- Winner of the first-ever U.S. Open tournament. Althea Gibson -- Two-time winner of Wimbledon ...

Article: Arthur Ashe, Althea Gibson honored at ...
Ebony;  November 1, 1997 ;     666 words ...TWO of tennis' all-time greats, Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson, were honored and remembered at the opening of the new Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. At the dedication, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, the ...

Article: Open and closed: On anniversary of Althea Gibson's ...
Michigan Chronicle;  September 18, 2001 ;     537 words ... ... anniversary of Althea Gibson's historic ... sisters fulfill Arthur Ashe's prophecy ... match, played at Arthur Ashe Stadium, came ... anniversary of Althea Gibson's first U ... Peace Prize. Arthur Ashe, for whom the ...

Article: Courting Change: The Life of Tennis Legend Althea ...
The Crisis;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Aythorized Biography of Althea Gibson By Frances clayton Gray ... 24.95) The Match: Althea Gibson & Angela Buxton ... Serena Williams, before Arthur Ashe and Zina Garrison, there was Althea Gibson. Tennis fans who don ...

Article: Althea Gibson: Tennis star shattered the color ...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  September 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... recognition for his accomplishments in tennis than Arthur Ashe, but it was Althea Gibson, who died Sunday at the age of 76, who shattered ... Buxton said. "All the wonderful things Arthur Ashe did ... it was Althea who did it first ...

Article: Tennis Great Althea Gibson Passes
Sun Reporter, The;  October 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Reporter, The 10-02-2003 Before Arthur Ashe, long before Venus and Serena Williams, there was Althea Gibson. Gibson, who died recently at the ... died over the weekend. Remembering Althea Gibson, a pioneer of sport. Article copyright ...

Article: Tennis Pioneer Althea Gibson Dies at 76
AP Online;  September 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Photo/File) Althea Gibson was an intensely ... stars such as Arthur Ashe, Venus and Serena ... am grateful to Althea Gibson for having the ... tournament's new Arthur Ashe Stadium. "Her ... founded the Althea Gibson Foundation that ...