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‘Wasnt Allowed to Use the Regular Locker Room’ - Martina Navratilova Takes a Heart-Breaking Althea Gibson Example to Show How Serena Williams Transcended Sport

… mindset of people about the African-American community.

Recently, Martina Navratilova opened … ’s tennis, especially for all African-American athletes. Moreover, Navratilova brought out … one of the very first African-American tennis players to play the …

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