Tennis talk Althea Gibson, U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion, gives some pointers on the game which has brought her international fame. Some 500 students attended the tennis clinic yesterday at Midwood HS, directed by Murray Eisenstadt, varsity coach. Wo
Ed Ford (American photographer); Tennis talk Althea Gibson, U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion, gives some pointers on the game which has brought her international fame. Some 500 students attended the tennis clinic yesterday at Midwood HS, directed by Murray Eisenstadt, varsity coach; World Telegram & Sun photo; 1957 December.; Photograph shows Althea Gibson holding a tennis racquet and talking as a group of young women listen.; 1 photographic print.; NYWT&S staff photograph.; Title from news agency caption on item.; Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Althea Gibson (1927-2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis.