Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
Althea Gibson of the United States holds the Rosewater Plate and is congratulated with a kiss by compatriot Darlene Hard after their Women's Singles Final match on Centre Court at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship on 5th July 1957 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London, England. Althea Gibson won the match 6 - 3, 6 - 2 and became the first African American player to win a singles title at Wimbledon. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Reg Burkett/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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