Arthur Ashe is an African American and the first and only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon. He is also the only black man to win the singles title at the US Open and the Australian Open.
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Toni Morrison, was the first African American woman to win a nobel prize in literature in 1993
He was the first African-American male. He won Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress 24 years before him, for Gone with the Wind (1939).
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The first American male to win the Wimbledon singles title was Bill Tilden in 1920.
Althea Gibson was the first African American to win female single's tennis competition at Wimbledon.
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Althea Gibson was the first black American to win Wimbledon, on July 6, 1957.
Althea Gibson.
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Althea Gibson in 1957.
Althea Gibson in 1957.
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