The Future of Tennis: From Althea Gibson to the Williams Sisters to Donald Young and Scoville Jenkins

The Future of Tennis: From Althea Gibson to the Williams Sisters to Donald Young and Scoville Jenkins, Today Venus and Serena Williams will take part in a special tribute to tennis legend Althea Gibson, who 50 years ago today became the first African-American to with the US national championship. Both sisters will take part in a ceremony tonight which will also feature 19 prominent African American women to take part in an on-court tribute to the late Gibson. They include singer Aretha Franklin, Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Carol Moseley Braun, who was the first African American female to become a U.S. senator. “I’ve always dreamed of being on the same level as her, to have an opportunity to play tennis,” Serena to the press on Saturday. “For her to be the pioneer to all of tennis, not just female tennis, but all of tennis. It’s just amazing for me to be honored to even mention her name.”
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