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Thu, 03.11.1948

The First Black Plays in an American Indoor Tennis Tournament

Reginald Weir

*On this date in 1948, the first Black played in a United States Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament.

Reginald Weir, a Black physician from New York City, played in what was then known as the USLTA (U.S. Lawn Tennis Association national championship tournament).

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