Trailblazing Black Women in Sports – Famous, Athletes, Track
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 20, 2025
Another pioneering Black female athlete, tennis player Ora Washington, won her first American Tennis Association singles title in 1929. She held the title for the next seven years, until 1936, then regained it once again in 1937. Washington’s record of seven consecutive ATA titles would stand until 1947, when it was broken by the great Althea Gibson, who won 10 straight . . .
