Angela Buxton
Angela Buxton · Sports
Tennis; won the 1956 Wimbledon doubles with Althea Gibson — a Jewish player and a Black player, both shunned, made history together
1934, Liverpool, England — 2020, Florida, United States
United Kingdom · United States
Angela Buxton is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Tennis; won the 1956 Wimbledon doubles with Althea Gibson — a Jewish player and a Black player, both shunned, made history together
Buxton was a British Jewish tennis player who, in 1956, partnered the African American Althea Gibson to win the doubles titles at both the French Championships and Wimbledon. Both women faced exclusion — Buxton because of antisemitism in British tennis, Gibson because of racism — and their partnership became a celebrated story of two shunned outsiders making history together. Buxton's lifelong friendship with Gibson later helped support Gibson in her final years.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Tennis; won the 1956 Wimbledon doubles with Althea Gibson — a Jewish player and a Black player, both shunned, made history together
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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