Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins and Frances Clayton Gray discuss...

Tavis Smiley (NPR);  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......10-01-2003 Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins...the legacy of Althea Gibson Host: TAVIS SMILEY...Tennis champion Althea Gibson will be laid to...including tennis star Zina Garrison, who joins us...talk to you. Ms. ZINA GARRISON: Nice talking...Slam ...

Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins and Francis Clayton Gray discuss...

Tavis Smiley (NPR);  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......10-01-2003 Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins...the legacy of Althea Gibson Host: TAVIS SMILEY...Tennis champion Althea Gibson will be laid to...including tennis star Zina Garrison, who joins us...talk to you. Ms. ZINA GARRISON: Nice talking...Slam ...

Rep. Hastings Introduces Resolution Honoring Anniversary of Althea...

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...

Althea Gibson

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 30, 2003 ;     427 words ...The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 09-30-2003 Althea Gibson Date: 09-30-2003, Tuesday Section: OPINION...B. Two Star P. One Star B Biographical: ALTHEA GIBSON With the death of Althea Gibson, America has lost another great athlete...

APPRECIATION: Althea Gibson, To Serve with Love

The Crisis;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......dream of true parity alive. Althea Gibson died Sept. 28 of respiratory...serve is getting better. - Zina Garrison is the second Black woman...finals and founder of The Zina Garrison All Court Tennis Foundation...Author Affiliation] - Zina Garrison is the second Black ...

Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson

The Broward Times;  September 7, 2007 ;     487 words ...Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher, Illustrated by...Grown-ups wondered the same thing about Althea Gibson when she was a kid. Althea was like...book Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson by Sue Stauffacher, illustrated by...

Profile: Tennis player Althea Gibson dies

NPR Morning Edition;  September 29, 2003 ;     354 words ......09-29-2003 Profile: Tennis player Althea Gibson dies Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10:00...Two-time US national and Wimbledon winner Althea Gibson died yesterday. She'll be remembered as a pioneer athlete and a role model. Althea Gibson was born in South Carolina but raised...

Courting Change: The Life of Tennis Legend Althea Gibson

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

Ten: Tributes pour in for tennis legend Althea Gibson

AAP Sports News (Australia);  September 30, 2003 ;     393 words ......in for tennis legend Althea Gibson WASHINGTON, Sept 29...African-American tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died at the age...determination, and skill." "Althea Gibson rose above segregation...had to climb a hill, Althea Gibson had to climb a mountain...breakthrough ...

3 days of rites for Althea Gibson

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  September 30, 2003 ;     295 words ......NJ) 09-30-2003 3 days of rites for Althea Gibson By STEVE STRUNSKY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS...P. One Star B NEWARK - The body of Althea Gibson, who broke color barriers in tennis...we can," said the president of the Althea Gibson Foundation, Frances Gray, who met Gibson...

Tennis legend Althea Gibson remembered

Tri-State Defender;  October 15, 2003 ;     698 words ......to honor African-American tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died at age 76. "America has lost...was saddened to learn of the death of Ms. Althea Gibson," Williams said. "Ms. Gibson was a true...for her tennis career. "I am grateful to Althea Gibson for having the strength and courage ...

Althea Gibson was a role model for the ages

New York Amsterdam News;  October 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......on Aug. 25, 1927, in Silver, S.C., Althea Gibson had three strikes against her: she...was 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...

Venus Williams leads Althea Gibson tributes

New York Beacon, The;  October 9, 2003 ;     263 words ......has paid tribute to tennis legend Althea Gibson, who died on Sunday at the age...New York City. "I am grateful to Althea Gibson for having the strength and courage...Williams said in a statement. "Althea Gibson was the first African-American...followed in such great footsteps." ...

Wheaties honors tennis great Althea Gibson

Chicago Defender;  February 14, 2001 ;     518 words ...Wheaties honors tennis great Althea Gibson Wheaties today unveiled a special-edition Black History...the career and accomplishments of tennis pioneer Althea Gibson at the Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy in East Orange. In 1950...

Ms. Althea Gibson Is Honored

Columbus Times;  April 3, 2001 ;     491 words ...Columbus Times 04-03-2001 Ms. Althea Gibson Is Honored When Wheaties unveiled a special-editi...and accomplishments of tennis pioneer Ms. Althea Gibson. The unveiling took place at the Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy in East Orange...