WML Project: Female Black Champions and Pioneers

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8/10/58 Althea Gibson, the first black tennis star, was the mystery guest of WML. She comes on at 16:50. She had just won Wimbledon for the second time and was starting a career in singing and acting. She also went into pro golf a decade later.


Her bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Gibson

 

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A bio on You-Tube:

 

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Althea sings:

 

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12/5/60 Olympic sprint champion Wilma Rudolph was on TTT.


She is the opening contestant.

Her bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph

 

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A You-Tube documentary on Wilma:

 

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This one has some moving pictures, (both meanings):