Transcript: Interview: Zina Garrison, David Dinkins and Frances Clayton Gray discuss the legacy of Althea Gibson

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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