Althea 2014
Althea
Althea Gibson’s life and achievements transcend sports. A truant from the rough streets of Harlem, Althea emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world in the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper’s daughter, her family’s migration north to Harlem in the 1930s, mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring her story into a much broader realm of the American story.
Althea Gibson’s life and achievements transcend sports. A truant from the rough streets of Harlem, Althea emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world in the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper’s daughter, her family’s migration north to Harlem in the 1930s, mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring her story into a much broader realm of the American story.
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 5 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Althea Gibson
Directors:
Genres:
Release Date:
Nov 14, 2014
Run Time:
1hr 24`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
Plot Keywords:
Cast & Crew of
Althea
Directors & Credit Writers
RM
Rex Miller... Director
Cast
... Althea Gibson