1968 Press Photo tennis champ & golfer Althea Gibson in the Orange Blossom Open

Name: 1968 Press Photo tennis champ & golfer Althea Gibson in the Orange Blossom Open
Brand: RSN
SKU: RSN24649
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: InStock

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Althea Gibson was a champion tennis competitor and the first African-American woman to be on the world tennis tour, as well as the first to win a Grand Slam title (in 1956). She was a World No. 1 and is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier. Gibson was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Photo measures 8.5 x 6.5 inches.

Photo is dated --1968.

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1968 Press Photo tennis champ & golfer Althea Gibson in the Orange Blossom Open

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