Although known for most of his life and inducted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame as the first professional Black footballer, Henry McDonald was actually the third Black professional
Althea Gibson was born on Aug. 25, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina, part of Clarendon County. Gibson grew up in a family who worked as sharecroppers on a cotton farm. She was one of five children, …
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<p>Dominant in African American tennis (and basketball) competition, Washington never had the opportunity to test her ability against the champions of the white tennis establishment. </p>