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Article: Althea Gibson
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      614 words ...Althea Gibson Althea Gibson is noted not only for her exceptional ... Further Reading Tom Biracree, Althea Gibson (New York: Chelsea House, 1989 ... Wonder Women of Sports (New York: Random House, 1981). Pat Ross, ed., Young ...

Article: Rep. Hastings Introduces Resolution Honoring Anniversary of ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... honoring the 50th anniversary of Althea Gibson's championship at Wimbledon and Forest ... 707Honoring the 50th anniversary of Althea Gibson's championship at Wimbledon and Forest ... 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of Althea Gibson becoming the first African-American ...

Article: Althea Gibson was a role model for the ages
New York Amsterdam News;  October 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 25, 1927, in Silver, S.C., Althea Gibson had three strikes against her: she ... Black; she was a woman. In time, Althea Gibson lifted herself above the poverty that ... child growing up in Harlem. In time, Althea Gibson rose above the harsh realities of racism ...

Article: Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
The Broward Times;  September 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher, Illustrated by ... ups wondered the same thing about Althea Gibson when she was a kid. Althea was like ... Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher, illustrated by ...

Article: Courting Change: The Life of Tennis Legend Althea ...
The Crisis;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Courting Change: The Life of Tennis Legend Althea Gibson Born to Win: The Aythorized Biography of Althea Gibson By Frances clayton Gray and Yanick Rice Lamb (Wiley, $24.95) The Match: Althea Gibson & Angela Buxton, How Two Outsiders ...

Article: Tennis legend Althea Gibson remembered
Tri-State Defender;  October 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... honor African-American tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died at age 76. "America has ... saddened to learn of the death of Ms. Althea Gibson," Williams said. "Ms. Gibson was ... tennis career. "I am grateful to Althea Gibson for having the strength and courage ...

Transcript: Profile: Tennis player Althea Gibson dies
NPR Morning Edition;  September 29, 2003 ;     463 words ... ... 29-2003 Profile: Tennis player Althea Gibson dies Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10 ... time US national and Wimbledon winner Althea Gibson died yesterday. She'll be remembered ... pioneer athlete and a role model. Althea Gibson was born in South Carolina but raised ...