Renaissance woman: Althea Gibson was a tennis legend, a professional golfer, actress, singer, political candidate, education advocate, and she wrote a memoir.(tribute)(Biography) From: Black Issues Book Review | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Cox, Matthews & Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Althea Gibson believed that records were meant to be broken, but it took four decades for another black tennis player to catch up to her back-to-back national and international championships. She still holds the record for winning 10 consecutive singles titles in the American Tennis Association (ATA), which was founded in 1916 and is the oldest black sports organization in history.

In 1957 and 1958, Gibson won the singles titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. nationals, now known as the U.S. Open. Venus Williams repeated the feat in 2000 and 2001, but no one will probably ever ...

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