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Sat, 05.26.1956

The First Black Wins A Major American Tennis Title

Althea Gibson

On this date in 1956, Althea Gibson won the French Open Tennis Tournament, becoming the first Black player to win a major tennis title.

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My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mother And... CROSS by Langston Hughes.
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