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Married Althea Gibson as 2nd husband
NOTE
In the late summer of 1957, a watershed moment in the history of Black tennis occurred at Forest Hills in New York. Althea Gibson captured the grandest prize in American tennis when she won the U.S. National Championships. On that day, Althea became the first Black to win a Grand Slam title. The photo shows Althea and her coach, Sydney Llewellyn on that glorious afternoon holding the winners trophy. Photo copyright Bob Davis
Married Althea Gibson as 2nd husband
NOTE
In the late summer of 1957, a watershed moment in the history of Black tennis occurred at Forest Hills in New York. Althea Gibson captured the grandest prize in American tennis when she won the U.S. National Championships. On that day, Althea became the first Black to win a Grand Slam title. The photo shows Althea and her coach, Sydney Llewellyn on that glorious afternoon holding the winners trophy. Photo copyright Bob Davis
Great tennis coach
Married Althea Gibson as 2nd husband
NOTE
In the late summer of 1957, a watershed moment in the history of Black tennis occurred at Forest Hills in New York. Althea Gibson captured the grandest prize in American tennis when she won the U.S. National Championships. On that day, Althea became the first Black to win a Grand Slam title. The photo shows Althea and her coach, Sydney Llewellyn on that glorious afternoon holding the winners trophy. Photo copyright Bob Davis
Married Althea Gibson as 2nd husband
NOTE
In the late summer of 1957, a watershed moment in the history of Black tennis occurred at Forest Hills in New York. Althea Gibson captured the grandest prize in American tennis when she won the U.S. National Championships. On that day, Althea became the first Black to win a Grand Slam title. The photo shows Althea and her coach, Sydney Llewellyn on that glorious afternoon holding the winners trophy. Photo copyright Bob Davis
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