Wimbledon Pioneers
The women's doubles partnership who broke new ground for Jewish and Black players
Sporting Witness · BBC World Service
December 20, 20149m 16s
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Show Notes
In the 1950s, Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson formed a unique partnership in women's doubles. As a British Jew and an African-American respectively, both women had faced prejudice in their home countries, but in 1956 they pulled off a stunning win at Wimbledon. Angela Buxton talks to David Whitty.
(Photo: Angela Buxton and Althea Gibson with their Wimbledon trophy. Credit: Getty Images).