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There are quite a few lines on a tennis court, sideline, baseline, service line, all of which have their functions.

But, beginning in 1950, a powerful and charismatic African American began to smash tennis's color lines one by one,

breaking new ground and changing the world's perceptions of what was possible in the world of sports.

The end. Let's talk about Althea Gibson. But first

let's drop her into history. In 1950, newly independent India elected its first president and in the same country

Mother Trisa founded the organization Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. While Disney's

Cinderella premiered, as did the TV show What's My Line, and the

cartoon that would later be renamed Peanuts.

Diners Club began issuing credit cards, CS Lewis's The Lion The Witch in the Wardrobe was published and the Ladies Professional Golf Association was formed.

The Korean War began and Eegis Simpson became the first black American delegate at the United Nations.

James Dean's first screen appearance, a Pepsi TV ad debuted, and Shirley Temple retired from acting.

Debbie Allen, Natalie Cole, Bill Murray, Stevie Wonder,

Sybil Shepard, and John Hughes were all born.

George Orwell, Al Jolson, and George Bernard Shaw all died.

And in 1950, tennis phenom. and in

1950 tennis phenom Althea Gibson broke through a color barrier to become the first black player to compete in a US

National Tennis Tournament. Althea Neil Gibson was born on in a US national tennis tournament.

Althea Neil Gibson was born on August 25th, 1927 in Silver, South Carolina,

the oldest of the five children of Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson.

The Gibson's were a very young married couple when they had their daughter.

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