Tennis Althea Gibson blows kisses to a cheering New York City crowd during a 1957 parade in her honor. Born in SC in 1927, Gibson became the first Black American to win a Grand Slam tournament, the French Open in 1956. She went on to win Wimbledon and the US Championship
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