Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003

LC control no.	n 79114046
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1927-08-25
Death date	2003-09-28
Place of birth	Silver (S.C.)
Place of death	East Orange (N.J.)
Affiliation	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University U.S. Open (Golf tournament)
Profession or occupation	Tennis players Golfers Educators
Found in	Author's I always wanted to be somebody, 1958. Althea Gibson, 2005: p. 209 (d. Sept. 2003) IMDb, Aug. 29, 2006 (Althea Gibson; b. Aug. 25, 1927, Silver, S.C.; d. Sept. 28, 2003, East Orange, N.J.) Information from 678 converted Jan. 5, 2015 (tennis player) African American National Biography, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gibson, Althea; tennis player, golfer, educator; born 25 August 1927 in Silver, South Carolina, United States; Completed A & M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee (1953); first African American to play on the grass courts of the All England Club at Wimbledon (1951); began a remarkable tournament run in which she took eight Grand Slam titles (1956-1958); won the women's singles championship and defended her doubles title at Wimbledon (1957); wrote first autobiography, I Always Wanted to Be Somebody (1958);first African American woman professional golfer (1964); honors include, first African American to win the U.S. Open, becoming number one woman tennis player in the world and named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press (AP) (1957); Tennis Hall of Fame (1971); first woman anywhere in the US to become an athletic commissioner for the state of New Jersey (1975); International Women's Hall of Fame (1980); died 28 September 2003 in East Orange, New Jersey, United States)
Associated language	eng