FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ON TENNIS TOUR

Top Quotes from Althea Gibson!

On August 21, 1950, officials of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association
accepted Althea Gibson into their
annual championship at Forest Hills,
New York, making
her the first African American player to compete in a U.S.
national tennis competition.

Althea Gibson Early Life, Championships Legacy HISTORY, 49% OFF
Althea Neale Gibson
(August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003

Gibson survived a heart attack in 2003, but died on
September 28 that year from complications following
respiratory and bladder infections. Her body was
interred in the
Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New
Jersey
, near her first husband, Will.

Bronze statue of Althea Gibson
Statue of Gibson by Thomas Jay Warren in Newark, New
Jersey
, near the courts (in background) on which she ran
clinics for young players in her later years.

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POLITICAL JOKE FOR THE DAY FROM FOX

Grandsons of two former presidents praise VP Harris during DNC speech: 'Torch has been passed' - Fox News
Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter
(left) and Jack Schlossberg, grandson to former president
John F. Kennedy (right).

Grandsons of two former presidents praise VP Harris during DNC speech: ‘Torch has been passed.’

08.20.24

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FIRST SLAVES ARRIVED IN JAMESTOWN

Virginia marks pivotal moment when enslaved Africans arrived 400 years ago | WJLA

On or about August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped
by the Portuguese, arrived in the British colony of Virginia and
are then bought by English colonists.

The exact date is not definitively known (a letter from the time
identified the ship’s arrival coming in "the latter part of August"),
but this date has been chosen by many to
mark the arrival of the enslaved Africans in the New World—beginning two and a half
centuries of
slavery in North America.

Slave Resistance Primary Sources

Much of what we've been told about Virginia's 1619 first Africans is wrong - Virginia Mercury

1619: Gabriel led a Virginia slave revolt two centuries after first enslaved Africans arrived in ...

On This Day In History, The First enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, setting the stage for ...

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AREA WHERE ‘JESUS WALKED’ IS LOCATED

Israel stone quarry discovery

Located at Mount Hotzvim in Jerusalem, a large quarry has been
under excavation, exposing more information on the Second
Temple time period when Jesus walked the Holy Land.

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority excavated
the area that covers about 3,500 square meters, forming part
of a large field of quarries, according to a press release from
the Israel Antiquities Authority.

They have uncovered dozens of building stones of various
sizes, different paths and tools.

stone tool Israel
A stone tool identified with the Jewish population in the
Second Temple was discovered in the quarry located in Jerusalem.

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FORMER TALK SHOW HOST HAS DIED AT 88

Top 10 Talk Show Hosts of All Time

Phil Donahue's vindication: Media icon unloads on Fox, Cheney and what happened at MSNBC | Salon.com
Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024)

WASHINGTON (TND) — The host and creator of the"The Phil
Donahue Show" died Sunday after a lengthy illness.

According to a family statement, the television pioneer died 
at his home on the Upper East Side
of Manhattan

Phil Donahue and His Show | Dayton Arena Project

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