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	Althea Gibson (1927-2003)
		Althea Gibson was the first fl to compete in the U.S. championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951.
		In Gibson's first appearance at Forest Hills, a violent storm interrupted her 2nd round match, and a bolt of lightning toppled one of the concrete guardian eagles from the upper reaches of the stadium.
		Althea Gibson was married twice; husbands William Darben and Sidney Llewellyn are deceased, she didn't have children.
	www.sportsecyclopedia.com /memorial/usta/althea.html (1409 words)

	MSN Encarta - Althea Gibson
		Gibson played paddle tennis on the city’s streets before moving on to regular tennis.
		Gibson struggled for several years in the early 1950s, but a tennis tour of Southeast Asia in 1955 revitalized her career.
		Gibson was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568680/Althea_Gibson.html (351 words)

	Althea Gibson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gibson’s big year was 1957, when she became the first fl player to win the Wimbledon singles title and the first to win the U. National title.
		Althea Gibson served from 1973 on in various national and New Jersey positions in tennis and recreation.
		Althea Gibson’s achievement was unique, as the first African American of either sex to break the color bar in national and international tournament tennis at a time when prejudice and racism were far more pervasive in society and sports.
	www.capitaloutlook.com /History/historyarchives/altheagibson.html (863 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Althea Gibson
		Gibson was born in August 1927 on a Silver, South Carolina, cotton farm, the oldest of five children.
		Gibson won the girl's singles championship in 1944 and 1945, and, starting in 1947, she continued to win the title for ten years in a row.
		Gibson herself did not attend the ceremonies, but few knew it was because she had suffered several strokes and was living in poverty in East Orange, New Jersey, depressed, reclusive, and gravely ill. Some women athletes and coaches were horrified to learn of Gibson's circumstances.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200452 (1053 words)

	Althea Gibson, first black tennis star, dies
		Gibson, born to sharecroppers on a cotton farm in South Carolina and raised in Harlem, became the first American fl to play in the U.S. championships in 1950 after posting a string of titles in the all-fl American Tennis Association.
		Gibson went on to become New Jersey state commissioner of athletics in 1975, a position she held for a decade.
		Gibson's legacy as a pioneering fl woman in sports was appreciated recently by Venus Williams, who along with her sister, Serena, became the first fl women to triumph at Wimbledon and the U.S. championships since Gibson's day.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/sep/29gibson.htm (523 words)

	African Americans - Althea Gibson, Tennis Champion. In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson integrated baseball with ...
		Gibson, also the first fl player on the LPGA Tour, helped pave the way for later stars such as Arthur Ashe, Venus and Serena Williams, and Tiger Woods.
		Gibson, seriously ill for several years, died of respiratory failure at a hospital in East Orange, N.J., according to Fran Gray, a longtime friend who co-founded the Althea Gibson Foundation, which helps urban youths learn to play tennis and golf.
		Gibson was born Aug. 25, 1927, in Silver, S.C., the eldest of five children.
	www.africanamericans.com /AltheaGibson.htm (1090 words)

	Althea Gibson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 - September 28, 2003)was an American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to play on the world tennis tour.
		In 1971, Althea Gibson was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and in 1975 she was appointed the New Jersey statecommissioner of athletics.
		Althea Gibson passed away in East Orange, NewJersey from respiratory failure at the age of 76 and wasinterred there in the Rosedale Cemetery.
	www.therfcc.org /althea-gibson-39721.html (582 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Tennis / Althea Gibson honored in Open tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gibson, who died last Sept. 28 at 76, was the first fl player to compete at Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships, as the Open was known in 1950.
		Gibson became the New Jersey state commissioner of athletics in 1975, ran for the state senate two years later and went on to establish the Althea Gibson Foundation to benefit urban and underprivileged youth in tennis.
		Gibson loved watching the event, and often would have advice for many of tennis' top players, such as the Williams sisters.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2004/09/07/althea_gibson_honored_in_open_tribute (826 words)

	Sport \| Last post sounds for the pioneering Althea Gibson
		The "you" was Althea Gibson, the first fl player to win a singles title at a major tournament, who died on Sunday, aged 76.
		The daughter of North Carolina sharecroppers, Gibson had fought against rejection and humiliation in the days when schools, buses, restaurants and tennis clubs were still legally segregated in the United States.
		Gibson was fl; Buxton was Jewish; neither was welcome in the privileged world of lawn tennis.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4764692-108598,00.html (741 words)

	ESPN.com: Althea Gibson broke barriers
		And finally, in 1950, when Gibson was 23 years old, she was permitted to play at the U.S. Nationals, becoming the first fl to compete in the tournament.
		Gibson was born Aug. 25, 1927, in the small town of Silver, S.C. The family moved to Harlem in New York City when she was 3.
		Gibson turned to the pro golf tour for a few years, but she didn't distinguish herself.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00014035.html (1294 words)

	Althea Gibson, 1971 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Althea's first appearance at Forest Hills was not only a notable occasion it was nearly a moment of staggering triumph.
		A year later Gibson was solidly in control, beating Darlene Hard, 6-3, 6-2, to take Wimbledon and following up with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Louise Brough in the Forest Hills final to at last rule her own country.
		Althea tried to play a few pro tennis events after open tennis began in 1968, but was too old.
	www.tennisfame.org /enshrinees/althea_gibson.html (798 words)

	Althea Gibson tennis pioneer dies
		Althea Gibson overcame the barrier of segregation with her talent and determination
		Gibson was born in 1927, in South Carolina, but grew up in Harlem.
		Her determination to excel in the face of these obstacles is what makes Althea Gibson an inspiration--she just wanted an opportunity to compete and achieve what she was meant to achieve as an athlete.
	www.gibbsmagazine.com /Althea%20Gibson.htm (529 words)

	Breaking the Barriers: A Houston Chronicle Special Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born on a cotton farm in South Carolina, where her parents were sharecroppers, Gibson was long and lean, extremely strong, with a bit of attitude.
		Gibson picked up the game, thanks to a New York Police Athletic League coach who saw this tall, skinny girl playing paddleball in the streets of Harlem.
		The logical next move was to begin competing in the all-white world of the USLTA, but Gibson was denied every time she tried to enter a tournament.
	cgi.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/special/barriers/gibson.html (511 words)

	Althea Gibson, Black Tennis Pioneer, Dies at 76 - Topic Powered by Groupee Community
		Gibson had been seriously ill for years and died at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey, where she had spent the last week, according to Darryl Jeffries, a spokesman for the city of East Orange.
		Gibson was the first fl to compete in the U.S. championships, in 1950, and at Wimbledon, in 1951.
		The Althea Gibson Foundation was founded for the primary purpose of identifying, encouraging and providing financial support for urban youth who wish to develop their skills and talents in the sports of tennis or golf, and have decided to pursue a career as a student athlete at the post-secondary level.
	africanamerica.org /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/46970854/m/60670227 (1518 words)

	Sports Page: Althea Gibson's Story (White Press)
		Interestingly, Gibson struggled with a fl press that longed for her to represent the African American race in a decade of civil rights breakthroughs.
		This section examines Althea Gibsons press story in the light of an American society that was undergoing significant changes in civil rights for African Americans.
		By Gibson’s career, the Cold War was in full tilt, and she truly benefitted from the cold war influences on American society.
	mason.gmu.edu /%7Ejlansbur/hist697/headlininggibson.html (786 words)

	Althea Gibson - Athlete (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Althea Gibson is known to all as a magnificent athlete.
		She was the top-ranked woman tennis player in the country in 1957 and 1958, and the first fl to achieve this honor.
		Althea Gibson is the first fl woman to play international tennis.
	www.ncrel.org /sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk37d.htm (223 words)

	Today in History: July 6
		The United States Lawn Tennis Association then invited Gibson to the tournament, where she was the first African American to compete for the U.S. Nationals.
		Gibson went on to win two U.S. National championships and to become the first African American to win the U.S. Nationals and the French Championship.
		Gibson's same strength of character and purpose was shared by other ground breaking African-American athletes, including Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics during the height of Hitler's propagation of Arian supremacy; and Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/jul06.html (628 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Althea Gibson
		Recipient of the Althea Gibson Award from the University of Rhode Island in 2004, she was the school's representative at the NCAA Leadership Conference in 2003 and was a member of the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, the Golden Key International Honor Society and the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society.
		Yesterday was Althea Gibson Day at the US Open, a tribute long overdue, but still a fine step in keeping the flame of her memory burning.
		Gibson was a South Carolina native and an outstanding tennis player who won the U.S. Championship and Wimbledon and was the first fl to be voted Female Athlete of the Year by The Associated Press.
	sports.surfwax.com /files/Althea_Gibson.html (4100 words)

	FAMU honors Althea Gibson with memorial - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although Gibson was known for her athletic talents, many who knew her said she left an everlasting mark of courage, wisdom and inspiration.
		Gibson was a ferocious competitor on the FAMU tennis courts long before she became the first fl, man or woman, to win a Wimbledon title.
		Current FAMU tennis players, who were not even born when Gibson was snatching tennis championships in the 1950s, said Gibson was someone who marked their lives.
	www.thefamuan.com /news/2003/10/03/News/Famu-Honors.Althea.Gibson.With.Memorial-512398.shtml (543 words)

	The Hindu : Althea Gibson dead
		Trailblazer Althea Gibson, the first fl tennis player to win the Wimbledon and U.S. national championships, died on Sunday at age 76, according to media reports.
		Gibson, who dominated women's tennis in the late 1950s and is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, had been seriously ill for years.
		Gibson retired from the amateur ranks in tennis after the 1958 season.
	www.hindu.com /2003/09/30/stories/2003093002531700.htm (336 words)

	AllRefer.com - Althea Gibson (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Althea Gibson[althE´u] Pronunciation Key, 1927–2003, African-American tennis player, b.
		Silver, S.C. In 1948 she won the first of 10 straight national fl women's singles championships.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Althea Gibson
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Gibson-A.html (201 words)

	Encyclopedia: Althea Gibson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 â“ September 28, 2003) was an American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour on August 22, 1950.
		Althea Gibson overcame unbelievable odds to achieve international acclaim and
		Althea paved the way for the likes of Venus Williams and Tiger Woods.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Althea-Gibson (349 words)

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		Gibson began playing in the all-fl American Tennis Association tournaments in 1945 and won ten straight women's singles titles, from 1947 through 1956.
		She was the first fl to play in the national indoor tournament, in early 1950, and she finished second, which should have won her an invitation to the U. National at Forest Hills.
		Gibson in 1957 was the first fl to be named Associated Press female athlete of the year.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/gibsonalthea.shtml (425 words)

	ESPN.com: TENNIS - Althea Gibson eulogized as inspiration to all people
		NEWARK, N.J. -- Althea Gibson was eulogized Thursday as an inspiration to people of all races, on the court and off.
		Gibson died of respiratory failure Sunday at a hospital in East Orange, where she had lived for many years.
		In 1963, Gibson became the first fl player on the LPGA Tour, though she never won a tournament.
	espn.go.com /tennis/news/2003/1002/1629061.html (387 words)

	Althea Gibson Tennis Player
		Althea Gibson - Tennis Champion - Wimbledon Winner Althea Gibson, pioneer African American tennis player, first fl player to play or win at Wimbledon.
		Althea Gibson, 1971 Enshrinee: International Tennis Hall of Fame Life, sports career, and stats for this 1971 Enshrinee.
		Althea Gibson tennis pioneer dies - Gibson went on to play professional golf, and to teach tennis.
	www.basictennis.com /women/Althea-Gibson-Tennis-Player.html (287 words)

	News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gibson was also the first fl player on the LPGA Tour, and although she never won a title there, she help to pave the way for future stellar athletes such as Arthur Ashe, Venus and Serena Williams and Tiger Woods.
		Gibson was named The Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year in both 1957 and 1958.
		Gibson, who had been seriously ill for several years, died from complications from a severe infection and respiratory illness, according to a spokesperson at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey.
	www.clarendontoday.com /Pages/100203/News/gibson.html (471 words)

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