A Grand Reception for Tennis Star Althea Gibson in New York City in 1957 | From the WNYC Archives
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In this clip from 1957, tennis star Althea Gibson, the first Black woman to go to the grass tennis courts of England and win it all at Wimbledon, gives a speech in New York City broadcast on WNYC.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection.
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Upcoming From the Archives selections include press conferences, events, and interviews with notables such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1964), Martin Scorsese (1970) and Barack Obama (2007). Listeners will also hear key historic news reports that aired on WNYC, including the announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), a broadcast of a town hall meeting on the Atom Bomb (1951), and WNYC journalists running toward the Twin Towers to report on 9/11 (2001).
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This spot is narrated by Stevan Smith.
Video by Kim Nowacki.
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