Hailing from Silver, an unincorporated community in Clarendon County, Althea Gibson found her love for tennis in Harlem, N.Y. She played (and dominated) in paddleball tournaments, and a coach ...

“At last, at last,” Gibson said, per an excerpt from a 2023 biography of the tennis player ... She began singing, even releasing a jazz record, “Althea Gibson Sings,” through Dot Records ...

Last year, Brown published "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson," a captivating biography about the ups and downs of Gibson's life and career as a Black female athlete in the mid ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Althea Gibson left through back doors to open the front door of opportunity for Black players, not just in tennis but far beyond. Gibson’s life began in the tiny town of ...

The first African American to win the Wimbledon Singles Title moved to Wilmington in 1946: Althea Gibson. Gibson started training at the home of Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and graduated from Williston High ...