Thanks To Children's Letters, Usta Finally Honors Althea Gibson With Statue

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Mon, 08/26/2019 - 5:07pm

Classmates from Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington wrote letters asking for first African-American player to compete at U.S. Open to be honored.

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