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Original Title
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TIME The Weekly NewsMagazine
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Devised Title
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Althea Gibson TIME Magazine Cover
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Date
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1957-08
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Contributor
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Althea Gibson
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Description
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University alumna and Black tennis star Althea Gibson graces the cover of this rare, original 1957 TIME magazine. Just the year prior, in 1956, Gibson became the first African American to win a Grand Slam event. She also was the first to play in the U.S. and French Opens and Wimbledon.
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Location
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Tallahassee
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Leon County
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Florida
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United States of America
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Type
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Textual document
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Medium
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Paper
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Ink
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Additional Techniques
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Print
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Measurements
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L:28.2cm x W 21.3cm
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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AR_0017_06_0001
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.FAMU.0128
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Rights
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All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
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Contributing Institution
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Florida A&M University
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Language
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English