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Big Strides in Black History
Althea Gibson becomes the first African American person to win Wimbleton and the U.S nationals. Not only did she win both but she won them in the same year. -
Big Wins For Althea
Althea Gibson wins both Wimbleton and U.S. Nationals for the second consecutive year -
Wilma Goes Gold
Wilma Rudolph wins 3 gold medals at the Rome Olympics 1960, in these olympics she broke at least 3 records, she became the first African American to win 3 gold medals in one olympic game (won 100m, 200m, and 4x100m) -
Ali's Breakthrough
Muhammad Ali went to the Rome Olympics at 18 to compete, he won all four fights and won gold -
Associated Press Athlete of the Year
Wilma Rudolph recieves the Associated Press Althete of the Year for the second year in a row, making her the most athletic woman in the world two years in a row -
Ali's Legacy
Muhammad Ali went professional and won the heavyweight world championship for the first time beating sonny liston -
Althea Breaks More Norms
Althea Gibson is the first black woman to compete in ladies professional golf association in 1964, making her the first african american professional female golf player -
A New Era in Basketball
Texas Western University Men’s basketball team has first all black starting lineup in NCAA, beat all white Kentucky and caused the depletion of all white basketball teams -
Bill Russell:Player and Coach
Bill Russell becomes the first African American head coach in basketball and any other sport, he coached the Boston Celtics in 1966, only player to win 11 championships with 2 being a player-coach -
First Win
Charles Sifford made history again when he won the Greater Hartford Open—the first fully sanctioned PGA event ever won by an African American. -
SJSU
SJSU rally or better treatment of African American students and athletes, started at 135 students but grew to 700 throughout the rally -
Ali vs War
Muhammad ali was stripped of title due to refusing to be drafted during the Vietnam War, he claimed that his religion would not allow him to be drafted -
Ashe Makes History
Arthur Ashe wins the US Open, Becomes first African American tennis player to win US Open -
Black Power
Black power salute, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Olympic games in Mexico City, African American athletes that placed gold and bronze put up first during star spangled banner, this was a act of protest for equal treatment of black athletes -
Football Pioneer
Marlin Briscoe becomes first African American quarterback in the modern era of professional football for the Denver Broncos, first starting black quarterback. Called the african american pioneer of professional football