Did you know Althea Gibson was the first Black player to win the French (1956), Wimbledon (1957–58), and U.S. Open (1957–58) singles championship? Gibson won eleven majors—five singles, five doubles, one mixed—and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1971. Her reign was during the Jim Crow era. AND she also became the first black player to compete on the women’s professional golf tour. Talk about a legend in two games like I’m PeeWee Kirkland huh? Incredible. This was all during the Jim Crow era. She was changing society. In her autobiography though, she states "I have never regarded myself as a crusader…I don't consciously beat the drums for any cause, not even the negro in the United States."
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