Afro History Today in Afro History ! Althea Gibson becomes first Afro American woman to win Wimbledon in 1957 ! written by Marc Alexander July 6, 2025 Althea Gibson, half-length portrait, holding tennis racquet / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) View image | gettyimages.com Today in Afro History ! Althea Gibson becomes first Afro American woman to win Wimbledon in 1957 ! was last modified: July 6th, 2025 by Marc Alexander 0 comment 0 Facebook Twitter Google + Pinterest Marc Alexander previous post Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Comedian, Kevin Hart ! Actress/Singer, Della Reese ! Rapper, 50 Cent ! Actress, Tia Mowry ! Actress, Tamera Mowry ! NFL player, Brandon Jacobs ! next post Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Baseball Legend, Satchel Paige ! WNBA star Lisa Leslie ! Writer, Margaret Walker ! Actor, Allen Payne ! Singer, Sevyn Streeter ! You may also like Abandoned Golden Retriever Gets New ‘Leash’ On... June 9, 2016 Investigators Work To Identify Unknown Teen Boy... November 10, 2020 The Manfreds to play Nantwich Civic Hall... April 23, 2018 Trump feeling female voter backlash March 26, 2016 Ella Mai's 'Boo'd Up' Hits No. 1... June 21, 2018 Today’s Afro Birthdays ! Inventor, Granville T.... April 23, 2025 Are you cancer conscious? May 17, 2015 R. Kelly's Ex-Girlfriend Says He 'Trained' a... March 28, 2018 Track Of The Day: Spellling delivers darkly... November 13, 2018 Gronkowski ownership adds LeBron J to stable July 3, 2018 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.