Red Rock Films
Women's History Activator: Althea Gibson
Event: July 1957. Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American woman to win the Wimbledon Championship. Story: Althea excelled at sports from an early age. Her successes broke racial and gender barriers and earned her worldwide fame.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Shirley Fry beats Althea Gibson and Kenneth Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad in US National Tennis Championships in Forest Hills, NY
Title: "Tennis Dramatic Play in U.S. Singles" superimposed over tennis match / Shirley Fry and Althea Gibson (first black woman to reach the finals) both of the US walk onto tennis court at the US National Championships / CU Gibson / Pan...
Hearst Metrotone News
Tennis player Althea Gibson waves from a convertible during a ticker-tape-parade after winning at Wimbledon and receiving the Venus Rosewater Dish from Queen Elizabeth II.
Tennis player Althea Gibson waves from a convertible during a ticker-tape-parade after winning at Wimbledon and receiving the Venus Rosewater Dish from Queen Elizabeth II.