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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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Poetry Corner

Killing us one by one, in one way or another America will find a way to eliminate the problem One by one, the problem is the troubles in the black... WORDS OF WISDOM by Tupac Shakur.
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