As such, it’s important to revisit one of the most pioneering figures to grace the U.S. Open's grounds, the trailblazing Althea Gibson. Gibson made history in 1957 as the first Black American to ...

Before Althea Gibson could play -- much less win -- major tennis tournaments, another opponent had to be defeated. But Gibson had less control against this foe, which went by the name segregation.

Althea Gibson will be honored with a statue at the site of the US Open, the USTA announced on Tuesday. In 1950, Gibson broke tennis' color barrier by becoming first African-American to play in ...

On Monday, Day 1 at the US Open and Women's Equality Day, a statue of Althea Gibson was unveiled in Flushing Meadows. Placed just outside Arthur Ashe stadium, the sculpture—created by Eric ...

Althea Gibson is the most revered athlete to ever step foot on Florida A&M’s campus. And now, the former Rattler tennis star who broke the color barrier and became the first African American to ...

They are. One study from the University of Toronto found that in the two to four age group, siblings engage in an average of 6.3 fights per hour—or one every 9.5 minutes. In the three to seven ...

Two adoptive siblings who were found guilty of jointly sexually abusing three girls have been jailed. Darren Gibson, 54, and Rebecca Kirton, 39, denied a range of sexual offences against their ...

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"I do hold things on my shoulder. I'm very emotional. I take things at heart. I remember having a conversation with Arthur Ashe and Arthur said that he could always tell what was going on in my ...