Clarendon County, South Carolina (August 25, 1927 -September 28, 2003) age 76 yrs

Althea Gibson, a pioneering tennis player who became the first Black Wimbledon champion. Gibson was the first Black tennis player to win one of the four major singles tournaments. She helped integrate her sport at the height of the civil rights movement. She twice won Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships (now known as the U.S. Open) and became the top-ranked player in the world.