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.
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No he was not the first black men to play tennis. Though he was the first black man to win the Us open tennis. But I will try to find the first black man to play tennis.
Jimmy Connors was the first and only player to win the US Open on all 3 surfaces.
In professional tennis, the first black male to win a Grand Slam event in singles was Arthur Ashe in 1968 at the U.S. Open.
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Mary Mahoney became the first African American female to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in 1879.