Tennis champion Althea Gibson, waving to crowd during
Tennis champion Althea Gibson, waving to crowd during ticker tape parade up Broadway, July 11, 1957. New York celebrated their home town girl's First Wimbleton Ladies Singles Championship. African American Gibson grew up in Harlem after her family migrated from South Carolina. (BSLOC_2015_14_222)
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11968997
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45359093
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3000px x 2274px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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