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Barbara Hillary, the First Black Woman to Reach the North and South Poles, Dies at 88
If Barbara Hillary was going to go to the South Pole, she was going to make it worth her while. Hillary, a 79-year-old retired nurse, was the first black woman to ever venture to the bottom of the world in 2011 (just four years before, she became the first documented black woman to reach the…
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Althea Gibson, the First Black Athlete to Integrate Tennis, Finally Gets Her Flowers With New Statue
On Monday, Althea Gibson—the woman who broke the color barrier at tennis’ highest levels—received long-overdue recognition: a granite sculpture in her likeness at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y. The giant bust was unveiled on the first day of the 2019 U.S. Open, where Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Sloan Stephens, and Venus Williams—black women who…
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