CSPAN3 Dr. July 3, 2024
All happened. 15th and pierce street, lynchburg dr. Johnson set up a Junior Development. In 1951 to train the best and brightest kids, mostly africanamericans in the sport of tennis. He would mentor them work on strategy and tactics and have kids come and stay for the summer. About a dozen kids per year and this is the color line in the sport of tennis was broken back in 1950 when Althea Gibson first Junior Development Program Player played the us and thats what started this entire quickly behind. Althea arthur ashe came in 1953 and spent seven summers under dr. Tutelage and. The court behind ...