-
ITF Tennis
https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001318/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20005197 -
International Tennis Hall of Fame
https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/althea-gibson -
Biography
https://www.biography.com/athlete/althea-gibson -
"Althea Gibson becomes first black Grand Slam champion in tennis"
https://www.tennismajors.com/roland-garros-news/may-26th-1956-the-day-althea-gibson-became-the-first-black-player-to-win-a-grand-slam-260009.html -
A&E Television Networks (2014)
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 214.
-
International Tennis Hall of Fame
https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/althea-gibson -
Women's Sports Foundation
https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/sports/international-womens-sports-hall-of-fame/ -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/sports/an-unlikely-champion.html -
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 188.
-
Lewis, Jone Johnson. Women's History. About.com archive Archived September 18, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved F
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/gibsonalthea/a/Althea-Gibson-Quotes.htm -
"Black tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76"
https://web.archive.org/web/20170225154348/https://www.espn.com/classic/obit/news/2003/0928/1625394.html -
Poston, T (August 26, 1957). "The Story of Althea Gibson". New York Post, p. M2.
-
"That Gibson Girl." Time, August 26, 1957, p. 45.
-
Osofsky, G: Harlem: The Making of a Ghetto: Negro New York, 1890–1930. New York: Harper & Row, 1963, p. 129.
-
Gibson 1958, p. 52.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 25.
-
African American Sports Greats : A Biographical Dictionary
https://archive.org/details/africanamericans00port/page/110 -
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/sports/tennis/althea-gibson-statue-us-open.html -
Gibson 1958, p. 30.
-
Gibson 1958, pp. 33–39.
-
"That Gibson Girl". Time, August 26, 1957, p. 46.
-
Different Strokes: Serena, Venus, and the Unfinished Black Tennis Revolution
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvt7x550 -
American Tennis Association (ATA)
https://web.archive.org/web/20130715222931/http://www.americantennisassociation.org/ata-history/ -
Biography of Althea Gibson. altheagibson.com. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
http://www.altheagibson.com/biography -
Hubert A. Eaton. nhcs.net archive Archived October 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 18, 2013.
http://teacherpages.nhcs.net/schools/Eaton/karlacurry/Pages/DrHubert.aspx -
Ashe, A: A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete. New York: Amistad/Warner Books, 1988. Vol. 3,
-
Gibson 1958, pp. 58–81.
-
franbecque.com
https://www.franbecque.com/9537/ -
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/jul/08/features.sport -
"We can accept the evasions", Marble wrote, "or we can face the issue squarely and honestly ... It so happens that I tan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-wettenstein/let-us-remember-alice-mar_b_62571.html -
"Black History Month Legends: Althea Gibson"
https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052745/https://www.usta.com/en/home/stay-current/national/black-history-month-legends--althea-gibson.html -
Sports Illustrated Vault
https://web.archive.org/web/20140113172234/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1132042/index.htm -
Andscape
https://andscape.com/features/althea-gibson-becomes-first-black-player-in-the-u-s-national-tennis-championships/ -
Rodney, L: "On the Scoreboard: Miss Gibson Plays at Forest Hills". The Daily Worker, August 24, 1950.
-
Phlegar, B: "Althea Gibson Says Net Play Tough in England", Associated Press, undated, Althea Gibson Collection, per Gra
-
Gibson 1958, p. 81.
-
Gibson 1958, pp. 81–83.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 80–81.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 84–87.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 85.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 86–87.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 87.
-
The Kingston Whig-Standard
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard/129540645/ -
Tingay, L: "Miss Gibson Worthy Champion; Miss Buxton Shares Doubles Win". London Daily Express, May 25, 1956.
-
World Tennis
https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1956-07_4_2/page/18/mode/2up?view=theater -
"Althea Gibson's Net Stock Zooms Higher", Pittsburgh Courier, June 16, 1956.
-
Gibson 1958, pp. 125–126.
-
Gibson 1958, p. 126.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 100.
-
"Miss Gibson Wins Wimbledon Title". The New York Times, July 7, 1957.
-
Gibson 1958, p. 105.
-
"Her Finest Hour". Newsweek, July 22, 1957.
-
"Althea's Dream is Complete: 3rd Crown Won". The Daily Worker, September 9, 1957.
-
Gibson 1958, p. 145.
-
Harrison, E: "Althea, Pride of One West Side, Becomes the Queen of Another". The New York Times, September 9, 1957.
-
"Althea Gibson at Tennis Abstract"
https://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/wplayer.cgi?p=AltheaGibson -
The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book
-
1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook
-
"Althea Gibson Voted Top Woman Athlete". Christian Science Monitor, May 22, 1958.
-
Sports Illustrated, September 2, 1957. Volume 7, Issue 10. SI archive. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
https://www.si.com/vault/issue/42662/0 -
Time, August 26, 1957. Time.com archive. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100914175600/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19570826,00.html -
Gibson & Curtis 1968, pp. 15–16.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 131–132.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 132–134.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 112.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 114.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 114–117.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 120–121.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 123.
-
Gibson A., Fitzgerald E., I Always Wanted to Be Somebody (1960), New York: Harper & Brothers. ASIN B0007G5SL8
-
Gibson & Curtis 1968, p. 76.
-
JTA
https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/british-tennis-champ-says-she-was-denied-club-membership-due-to-anti-semitism -
Honoring Pioneers – Althea Gibson
https://web.archive.org/web/20110307181758/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=14215&mid=2 -
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 154.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 137–161.
-
GOLFstats.com
https://www.golfstats.com/search/?tournament=Borden+Classic&tour=&player=Althea+Gibson&submit=go -
Golf Stats
https://www.golfstats.com/search/?player=Althea+Gibson&career=&chart=&box=&tour=&tournament=&yr=&submitted=go -
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 152–153.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 176.
-
IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052902/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_3_act -
Gallagher, T. John Ford: The Man and His Films. University of California Press (1988), p. 93. ISBN 0520063341.
-
Gray, FC; Lamb, YR. Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson John Wiley & Sons (2004), pp. 120-1. ISBN 978
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 164.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 175.
-
Garrison Z: Zina: My Life in Women's Tennis. New York, Frog Books (2001), p. 84. ISBN 1583940146
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 178–180.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 167.
-
PolitickerNJ
https://www.politickernj.com/one-starts-1960s-and-ends-codey-15122 -
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 182.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 167–168.
-
Gibson A., Curtis R., So Much to Live For. New York, Putnam (1968). ASIN: B0006BVL5Q
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 145–146.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 169–170.
-
Schoenfeld 2005, pp. 220–224.
-
JWeekly
https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125024/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/20720/celebrity-jews-in-the-news/ -
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 171, 210.
-
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/sports/sports-of-the-times-gibson-deserved-a-better-old-age.html -
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 191.
-
ESPN
https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014035.html -
"International Women's Sports Hall of Fame"
https://web.archive.org/web/20141127174843/http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/home/programs/awards/international-womens-sports-hall-of-fame -
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 182, 203.
-
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
https://web.archive.org/web/20030314021634/http://www.ncbw.org/programs/award1.html -
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 183–184.
-
Sports Illustrated
https://web.archive.org/web/20121105094957/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/siforwomen/top_100/30/ -
Rhoden, WT: "A Fruitful Past but a Shaky Future". Ebony, Vol. 32, No. 10, August 1977, pp. 60–64.
-
"USTA To Honor Althea Gibson on Opening Night of US Open"
https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020038/http://www.missourivalley.usta.com/News/2007_08/463528_USTA_To_Honor_Althea_Gibson_on_Opening_Night_of_US_Open/ -
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/sports/tennis/la-sp-gibson27aug27,1,7412634.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-tennis&ctrack=1&cset=true -
Gray & Lamb 2004, pp. 212–213.
-
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 184.
-
ITF Super-Seniors Althea Gibson Cup. ITFTennis.com Retrieved May 6, 2013.
http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=2100000498 -
The Althea Gibson Foundation. AltheaGibson.com Retrieved May 6, 2013.
http://www.altheagibson.com/althea-gibson-foundation -
The Althea Gibson Endowed Scholarship. FAMU.edu. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
http://www.famu.edu/HealthPhysicaledu/Scholarship_AltheaGibson.pdf -
Althea Gibson Tennis Complex at Empie Park. WilmingtonNC.gov Archived April 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved M
http://www.wilmingtonnc.gov/community_services/recreation/tennis/althea_gibson_tennis_complex -
Jones, D. (April 30, 2002): Serving Up an Honor: Manning Tennis Complex Named for Althea Gibson. Google News archive. Re
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1980&dat=20020430&id=PY8iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oa0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2717,4560396 -
Family Circle Tennis Center Archived June 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
http://www.familycircletenniscenter.com/venue/info/ -
Gray & Lamb 2004, p. 203.
-
Branch Brook Park
https://web.archive.org/web/20180916075523/http://www.branchbrookpark.org/parkinformation/athletics.html -
Eunice Lee, "Statue of first Black woman to win Wimbledon unveiled in Newark park", NJ.com, March 29, 2012.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/statue_of_first_black_woman_to.html -
Althea Gibson Statue, Newark, NJ. warrensculpture.com Archived February 14, 2022, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 7
http://www.warrensculpture.com/page25/page25.html -
Linn's Stamp News
https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0161-6234 -
"Althea Gibson Stamps – The Postal Store @ USPS.com"
https://web.archive.org/web/20131205082106/https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=S_470804&categoryId=subcatS_S_Sheets -
"Althea", American Masters Series, PBS.org, retrieved October 10, 2016.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/althea-gibson-preview-althea/3927/ -
Le Monde
https://www.lemonde.fr/tennis/article/2016/11/10/a-althea-gibson-paris-reconnaissant_5029010_1616659.html -
United States Mint
https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-announces-2025-american-women-quarters-program-coins/ -
Statue of Tennis Legend Althea Gibson Planned for US Open (February 27, 2018). New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 20
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/27/sports/tennis/ap-ten-usta-gibson-statue.html -
au.sports.yahoo.com
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/us-open-controversy-over-unveiling-althea-gibsons-statue-234527850.html -
Gibson & Curtis 1968, p. 27.
-
Bronze statue of civil rights pioneer Althea Gibson dedicated in Essex County (March 28, 2012). Independent Press archiv
https://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2012/03/bronze_statue_of_civil_rights.html -
Fédération Française de Tennis
https://web.archive.org/web/20160318235352/http://ww2.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1956_en.pdf -
US Open
https://www.usopen.org/en_US/visit/history/wschamps.html -
Australian Open
https://ausopen.com/history/honour-roll/womens-singles -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1957_LS_A4.pdf -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1958_LS_A4.pdf -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1956_LD_A4.pdf -
Australian Open
https://ausopen.com/history/honour-roll/womens-doubles -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1957_LD_A4.pdf -
US Open
https://www.usopen.org/en_US/visit/history/wdchamps.html -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1958_LD_A4.pdf -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1956_MX_A4.pdf -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1957_MX_A4.pdf -
US Open
https://www.usopen.org/en_US/visit/history/xdchamps.html -
Wimbledon
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/static/pdfs/archive/draws/1958_MX_A4.pdf
