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Althea Gibson: The first black to win a Grand Slam

by Ann Wairimu April 29, 2025

by Ann Wairimu April 29, 2025

Althea Gibson set history in 1956 when she became the first black to win a Grand Slam title, the French Championship She won eleven Grand Slam tournaments in her legendary …

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