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Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.

Source: On being the first African American to win at Wimbeldon; in Women-Sports Magazine, p. 23, Mar 1976.
-- 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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