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The Art of the Story

Women's History Month: Tennis legend and singer Althea Gibson

By Doug Doyle
Published March 19, 2024 at 7:54 AM EDT
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"Athea Gibson Sings" was releaased on Dot Records
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"Athea Gibson Sings" was releaased on Dot Records

On this episode of AOS, we learn more about tennis legend and singer Althea Gibson. WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with University of Wisconsin-Madison Assistant Professor Ashley Brown who authored the biography Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson.

Ashley Brown is Assistant Professor and the Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an expert on sport history, women's history, and African American history. She's the author of "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson".
Ashley Brown/Oxford University Press
Ashley Brown is Assistant Professor and the Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an expert on sport history, women's history, and African American history. She's the author of "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson".

You can hear the entire SportsJam with Doug Doyle interview with Professor Ashley Brown here.

Althea Gibson and Jackie Robinson at a celebrity fundraiser in New York City in 1951. The two legends would also play golf together.
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Althea Gibson and Jackie Robinson at a celebrity fundraiser in New York City in 1951. The two legends would also play golf together.

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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