Queen Elizabeth Gives Wimbledon Trophy to Althea Gibson

(Original Caption) 7/7/1957-Wimbledon, England: A picture that makes sports history, snapped at Wimbledon, as her majesty Queen Elizabeth of England awarded the Wimbledon trophy, symbolic of the tennis singles championship of the world, to Alethea Gibson (center, back to camera), the U.S. star and first Negro ever to take the title, at left, is the unsucessful finals openent, Miss Darlene Hard. Althea beat Darlene in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-2.
(Original Caption) 7/7/1957-Wimbledon, England: A picture that makes sports history, snapped at Wimbledon, as her majesty Queen Elizabeth of England awarded the Wimbledon trophy, symbolic of the tennis singles championship of the world, to Alethea Gibson (center, back to camera), the U.S. star and first Negro ever to take the title, at left, is the unsucessful finals openent, Miss Darlene Hard. Althea beat Darlene in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-2.
Queen Elizabeth Gives Wimbledon Trophy to Althea Gibson
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Credit:
Bettmann / Contributor
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514877632
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Bettmann
Date created:
July 07, 1957
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Bettmann
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