AOL: Althea Gibson's legacy visible at 2025 US Open, 75 years after breaking color barrier
Althea Gibson's legacy visible at 2025 US Open, 75 years after breaking color barrier
Yahoo! Sports: Althea Gibson’s tennis legacy lives at the U.S. Open under her granite gaze
Althea Gibson’s tennis legacy lives at the U.S. Open under her granite gaze
Yahoo! Sports: Althea Gibson's legacy visible at 2025 US Open, 75 years after breaking color barrier
Smithsonian Magazine: Every Coin Tells a Story: Althea Gibson’s Family Reflects on Her Legacy
An interview with Don Felder, Althea Gibson’s second cousin, where he shares personal memories of the tennis legend and reflects on her new commemorative quarter and lasting legacy. Meredith Herndon ...
Every Coin Tells a Story: Althea Gibson’s Family Reflects on Her Legacy
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“What a legend,” Tiafoe, a semifinalist in 2022 and 2024, said of Althea Gibson during a news conference at this year’s U.S. Open. “You always got to pay that forward. You always got to be educated on ...