WaPo: Althea Gibson’s legend deserves to be one of our biggest
“Two new biographies capture the athletic greatness and the funny, exuberant personality of the undersung pioneering tennis champion.
... “Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson,” by Sally H. Jacobs, encapsulates just how fearless and confident Gibson was, both on and off the court.... Jacobs, a journalist by trade, has the firsthand accounts of more than 100 people, including multiple (mainly White) octogenarian peers of Gibson. ... [B]oth [authors] expound upon the political lay of the land and the complicated relationship Gibson had with the Black community.”
Patrick Sauer, “Althea Gibson’s legend deserves to be one of our biggest,” Washington Post, August 23, 2023.