There was no African American champion at the 1956 French Open.
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Answer:Bud Fowler - 1878
Moses Fleetwood Walker.
He is credited as the first African-American professional baseball player.
Jackie Robinson.
History has not recorded the first African American who played golf. However, the first African American to receive full Professional Golf Association status was Charlie Sifford in 1960.
Althea Gibson was the first African American international tennis player. She was the first person of color to win a Grand Slam tournament when she won the French Open in 1956.
Octavius Catto was a baseball player in the 19th century in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
He was the first African American Professional Baseball player and he broke the color barrier for baseball.
Arthur Ashe's greatest achievement was that he became the first professional African American tennis player
Who was Dallas cowboys first African American player in American history?
In MLB, that was Frank Robinson who was named player/manager of the Cleveland Indians in 1975.