US Open honors Althea Gibson for breaking the color barrier in tennis 75 years ago
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FILE - Sarah Palfrey Cook, left, chats with Althea Gibson, National Negro Women's Tennis Champion from Sumter, S.C., at the west side tennis club at Forest Hills, New York on July 29,1950. (AP Photo,File)FILE - Althea Gibson, forecourt, of New York City, makes a point return to Barbara Knapp of England during the National Tennis Championship in Forest Hills, New York, Aug. 28, 1950. (AP Photo/Harry Harris,File)FILE - Tennis player Althea Gibson, of Sumter, South Carolina, is shown before a practice session at the West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, Queens, New York, July 29, 1950. (AP Photo/John Lent,File)People walk in front of the Althea Gibson statue outside of Arthur Ashe Stadium during the first-round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)People take photos of the Althea Gibson statue outside of Arthur Ashe Stadium during the first-round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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FILE - Sarah Palfrey Cook, left, chats with Althea Gibson, National Negro Women's Tennis Champion from Sumter, S.C., at the west side tennis club at Forest Hills, New York on July 29,1950. (AP Photo,File)
