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Althea Gibson: In the field...

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In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

Source: In And I Quote, by Ashton Applewhite, 1992.
-- Althea Gibson, (Aug 25 1927-2003), US tennis player; She was the first Afro-American player to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon championships, 1957.


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