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USA / TENNIS: Althea Gibson the Wimbledon champion arrives back in New York (1957)

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GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The first African American woman to be a competitor in world tennis arrives in New York after winning Wimbledon. Full Description: USA: New York: New York: Miss Althea Gibson recieves famous “Ticker tape“ welcome when she arrives back in New York from shower down paper from offices etc as she drives by in open Yank car.. Miss Gibson shakes hands with Mayor. United States of America; Personalities - Sport Background: The first African American woman to be a competitor in world tennis arrives in New York after winning Wimbledon. FILM ID: VLVA2U23DZ2LE140ZKY6I53Y0ASH2 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé

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