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The Moore Report: Althea Gibson was a role model for the GOAT, Serena Williams

By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO, rmoore@afro.com Sports history buffs will recall, as we bask in this era of Serena Williams magic, that once upon a time […]

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