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Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Althea Gibson
Age: 76 †
Born: 1927
Born: August 25
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
Autobiographer
Golfer
Tennis Coach
Tennis Player
Althea Neale Gibson
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