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Transcript: Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins and Frances Clayton Gray discuss the legacy of Althea Gibson
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- October 1, 2003
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TAVIS SMILEY
Tavis Smiley (NPR)
10-01-2003
Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins and Frances Clayton Gray discuss the legacy of Althea Gibson
Host: TAVIS SMILEY
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
TAVIS SMILEY, host:
From NPR in Los Angeles, I'm Tavis Smiley.
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Ms. ALTHEA GIBSON: As a youngster, playing paddle tennis, little did I dream of a thrill such as this. I want to thank God for all of you.
SMILEY: This week the world mourns a sports legend. Tennis champion Althea Gibson will be laid to rest tomorrow. The daughter of a South Carolina sharecropper, she broke racial barriers by integrating Wimbledon in 1951, and then winning that championship and the US Open two years ...
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