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Tennis talk Althea Gibson, U.S. and Wimbledon tennis champion, gives some pointers on the game which has brought her international fame. Some 500 students attended the tennis clinic yesterday at Midwood HS, directed by Murray Eisenstadt, varsity coach /

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Ford, Ed

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1957 December.
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  1. African Americans
  2. Gibson, Althea
  3. New York
  4. New York (State)
  5. Photographic Prints
  6. Sports
  7. Teaching
  8. Tennis Players
  9. Women

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