"Miss Gibson Wins Wimbledon Title"
Newspaper article
By: Fred Tupper
Date: July 7, 1957
Source: Tupper, Fred. "Miss Gibson Wins Wimbledon Title." The New York Times, July 7, 1957, sec. 5, 1, 5.
About the Author: Fred Tupper was a reporter for The New York Times. He covered tennis and other sports for that newspaper through the 1970s.
Introduction
Aletha Gibson, at twenty-nine, won the 1957 Wimbledon women's singles title, becoming the first African American of either gender to win that tournament and a major tennis championship. Her ascent was difficult, but she persevered to reach the top of the tennis world. Growing up in New York City, Gibson was first pushed toward tennis by a playground superintendent who recognized her talent for the sport. Fred Johnson at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club in New York City coached her, and Gibson later moved to Wilmington, N.C., where she played on...
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