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This Harlem Native Rocked Roland Garros ... Back in 1956


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Three years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, the world of tennis saw its own segregated traditionalism under siege. Thanks to a young woman from Harlem - a fierce competitor with a forehand forged on the Police Athletic League playgrounds - delaying integration was no longer feasible. Althea Gibson had arrived, ready to shake up the world of tennis.
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