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Althea Gibson (August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003) was an American sportswoman who, on August 22, 1950, became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the "color barrier". Gibson moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1946 for tennis training, and in 1947 at the age of 20, she won the first of 10 consecutive national championships run by the American Tennis Association, the then-governing body for black tournaments. Forced to play in what was basically a segregated sport, at age 23, Gibson was finally given the opportunity to participate in the 1950 U.S. Championships after the sport's racial segregation recieved public criticism. Gibson went on to become the first person of African descent to win a title at Wimbeldon, and continued to win in amateur play until her retirement in 1958. As there was no professional league for women at the time, Gibson moved on to write her autobiography and in 1959 recorded an album, Althea Gibson Sings, as well as appearing in the motion picture, The Horse Soldiers. In 1964, she became the first African-American woman to play in the Ladies Professional Golf Association. However, she was too old to be successful and only played for a few years. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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