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".](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ec21f6a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x851+0+0/resize/880x585!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F03%2Fe384408444da8cd2aa045812405c%2Fashley-brown.jpg)
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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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6887c6e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/980x791+0+0/resize/880x710!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F8c%2F546f8b374e4486900174a6b99410%2Falthea-and-jackie.jpeg)
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