Althea Gibson
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ALTHEA GIBSON by Boris Chaliapin Watercolor and pencil on board 1957 Sight: 62.3 x 46.3 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/4") Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22") National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time Magazine NPG.78.TC406
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Althea Gibson competes at Wimbledon in England in 1956. She was among the more than a million black people who weren't counted in the 1940 census. The records were released April 2. (Associated Press)
