![A smiling Althea Gibson](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Althea%20Gibson%20640x480.png)
Althea smiling and holding a tennis racquet. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Wikimedia Commons.
(1927-2003) Born in Silver, Clarendon County, SC, Althea Gibson was the first African-American player to win Wimbledon and U.S. National tennis championships.
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