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Althea Gibson, a tennis legend, honored with statue during first day of U.S. Open

Stephen Small by Stephen Small
November 16, 2019
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Althea Gibson, a tennis legend, honored with statue during first day of U.S. Open

Trailblazing tennis legend, Althea Gibson is finally being recognized for her contributions to American sports.

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An 18-ton statue of Gibson was unveiled in New York on Monday at the opening day of the U.S. Open outside of the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the Billy Jean King National Tennis Center. 

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Breaking Barriers

Receiving a recognition that is long overdue, Gibson was “the first African American to break international tennis’ color barrier,” deemed the top-rank woman in the sport, and won many other accolades in the sport during the 1940s and 50s, including becoming a two-time U.S. national champion.

“Recognizing for me as an African American woman and recognizing what Althea stood for and understanding that she truly broke the color barrier for tennis — a lot of people think it’s Arthur [Ashe], but it was Althea 11 years before him,” said former president and CEO of the U.S. Tennis Association,  Katrina Adams, according to an article by The Undefeated.

Adams along with tennis legend, Billie Jean King, both advocated for the statue of Gibson. King considered her as the “Jackie Robinson of tennis,” according to the site.

‘It’s About Time’

Former tennis player, Angela Buxton from Britain, who played with Gibson in 1956 and won the French and Wimbledon doubles championships said it’s “It’s about bloody time,” the Associated Press reports.

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Buxton knew all the struggles the tennis legend had to endure to break barriers in the sport as a Black woman, especially since it was “dominated” by white players.

“Althea, with her two ticker-tape parades, still wasn’t allowed into a hotel where the whites sleep or a water fountain to drink where whites drink, but she helped to break that down,” Buxton stated.

A quote by Gibson in engraved in the statute states, “I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.”

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Rev. Small realized God was present in his life as a child, and grew into an adult with a passion for knowing and understanding God, people and the difficulties of life. Rev. Small soon can to know Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit has he experienced the storms, trails, and tribulations of life as a Black man in America. Rev. Stephen C. Small survived numerous demonic assaults on his life, which gave meaning to God’s grace and mercy. Rev. Small reasoned that God’s presence in the world gives hope, meaning and purpose; it is the essence of learning, love and relationships. Rev. Small humbled himself and opened his heart and mind to listening, learning and obeying God. On sabbatical from a business career, Rev. Small earned a Biblical Studies degree, and Master of Divinity. Rev. Small’s faith and dedication to serving God is the reason he created Trueword Ministry; TWM’s website as an evangelism tool, designed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, African Descendants and the entire human race.

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