Why Is Althea Gibson Called The First African American

How is one to prove what seems impossible possible if they never tried to take the smallest step towards it. Not many people take that step towards the impossible, however Althea Gibson and Barbara Jordan didn't let what seems impossible stop them from taking that step and took a huge stride towards the impossible. Althea Gibson was a African American woman and had a great scene of determination, a lot like another successful African American woman named Barbara Jordan. Althea Gibson with not much of an education compared to Barbara Jordan who had a fair education went to high school and was inspired to be what she now is. Both these women took strides towards what seemed impossible to them because they were African American and proved everyone

Althea Gibson was a successful tennis player however it didn't just come out of nowhere however it took a lot of time to get into the eyes of the public. A lot like Althea, Barbara Jordan was a successful politician becoming one of the first African American woman to do lots of stuff for example giving the keynote address in the democratic national invention and was able to break many records it took many tries and a lot of work and constant determination to reach their goals and get to where they wanted to go. Althea Gibson was able to achieve her level by constantly working for it and although she did fail multiple times, she continued to play tennis and became well known and achieved a lot in her career, winning medals and awards in her area. In the article Althea Gibson by Youssef Ibrahim it stated "In all, Gibson powered her way to 56 singles and doubles championships before turning pro in 1959." A lot like Gibson and Barbara Jordan, Michelle Obama was also determined to make her way to make Obama president and did everything in her power to do it becoming the first African American woman to be first lady and also made America much better than it was

Barbara Jordan was a woman who broke many records for being the first African American to do achieve something like the first African American woman to give the keynote address in the democratic national convention which was not expected of a black woman because they weren't respected at all in the time period along with many other achievements thought her lifetime and even one after death. Althea Gibson was also a record breaker who achieved what many weren't expecting from an African woman who won so many titles and awards at the time period "Gibson became the first African American woman to be invited to Wimbledon" making her achieve what wasn't expected of her at the