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Headline: This Day in History: Althea Gibson Becomes First African-American on US Tennis Tour
Caption: August 22, 1950. Gibson was accepted by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association into the annual Forrest Hills championship. Six days later, Gibson would defeat Barbara Knapp in straight sets to clinch her first USLTA match.
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