Join the Center for Southeast North Carolina Archives and History on Thursday, February 16th, at 7:00 pm for a presentation by author Ashley Brown. Brown is an Assistant Professor and the Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an expert on sport history, women's history, and African American history.
Brown will discuss her new book Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career, Althea Gibson became the most famous Black sportswoman of the mid-twentieth century. In her unprecedented athletic career, she was the first African American to win titles at the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Gibson had professional roots in Wilmington, where she spent the early years of her career training with Dr. Hubert Eaton.
This is a virtual event that will be held on Zoom. Registration is not required. Participants can use the following link to join the Zoom meeting: https://lib.uncw.edu/centerthursdayevenings_feb_16_2023