Althea Gibson TIME Magazine Cover

Original Title

TIME The Weekly NewsMagazine

Devised Title

Althea Gibson TIME Magazine Cover

Date

1957-08

Creator

TIME Magazine See all items with this value

Contributor

Althea Gibson

Description

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University alumna and Black tennis star Althea Gibson graces the cover of this rare, original 1957 TIME magazine. Just the year prior, in 1956, Gibson became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event. She also was the first to play in the U.S. and French Opens and Wimbledon.

Primary Subject

c. 1900-1999 See all items with this value

Sports and Athletics See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Literature See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Ink

Additional Techniques

Print

Measurements

L:28.2cm x W 21.3cm

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

AR_0017_06_0001

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0128

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Collection

Althea Gibson Collection See all items with this value

Language

English

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