Ashley Brown is Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of [Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson](http://Ashley Brown is Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson, published by Oxford University Press.), published by Oxford University Press.
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Between 1956 and 1958, Gibson became the first Black player to win the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals. But none of it came easy.