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Article: ANGELA BASSETT RAISES RACKET FOR NSU THE ACTRESS TAKES IN A TENNIS LESSON TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 28, 1996
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Byline: MARSHA GILBERT, STAFF WRITER
Angela Bassett is a good sport.
The sight of the Oscar-nominated actress taking a tennis lesson at Norfolk State University on Saturday left no doubt that she's . . . well, let's just say, new at the game. But she was humble enough to learn in front of fans with cameras.
Bassett, along with other television and movie actors, was in town for the sixth annual Tim Reid Celebrity Weekend.
Among the other stars here are Al Freeman, from ``Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored''; Billy Davis Jr., an original member of the Fifth Dimension; Glynn Turman, a film director; Robert Guillaume, star of ...