tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205695212026339818.post1180534837274597098..comments2024-03-24T00:16:13.978-07:00Comments on The Fan Child's Two Cents: Ode to Althea GibsonThe Fan Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910420047118245818noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205695212026339818.post-38015367830604463022012-02-09T16:57:49.188-08:002012-02-09T16:57:49.188-08:00Awesome! Keep up the good work, posting about the ...Awesome! Keep up the good work, posting about the sociocultural issues underpinning the game!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205695212026339818.post-5577094880696627712011-02-25T15:25:56.322-08:002011-02-25T15:25:56.322-08:00Paula and Mitch
Thx -- Maybe we should choose th...Paula and Mitch <br /><br />Thx -- Maybe we should choose this for our next book club meeting? Althea's autobiography, from 1958.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/I-Always-Wanted-Be-Somebody/dp/0060115157The Fan Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06910420047118245818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205695212026339818.post-29114790111164403392011-02-25T14:28:03.891-08:002011-02-25T14:28:03.891-08:00Chris,
Thanks for writing this piece, and for the...Chris,<br /><br />Thanks for writing this piece, and for the reminder of how far tennis has come. I do know that Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton had formed a friendship as a result of feelings of isolation and discrimination (one Jewish, the other African American). The two went on to win the French Open and Wimbledon doubles title together.<br /><br />I'm hoping that when they renovate the stadiums at the US Open, organizers will consider naming one of them Althea Gibson stadium, given that she was an American, and won the singles title twice.Paula V.http://www.paula-vergara.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4205695212026339818.post-39733284449241550312011-02-25T12:59:08.377-08:002011-02-25T12:59:08.377-08:00I had no idea who she was. Thanks for this.I had no idea who she was. Thanks for this.Mitchnoreply@blogger.com