tennis
The American Tennis Association was the first black sports organization in America and launched the careers of the best black tennis players in history. Members of the Association Tennis Club in Washington, DC and the Monumental Tennis Club of Baltimore conceived the idea of a national tennis organization of African Americans at a meeting on Thanksgiving Day, 1916 at the YMCA in Washington, DC. Members from the major black tennis clubs founded the American Tennis Association, the oldest continually active African American sports organization. Founder, H. Stanton McCard was elected the first president.
Althea GIBSON, Wimbledon Champion
Margaret and Romania PETERS
Women
Diggs Slowe, Lucy, Howard
Gibson, Althea, Florida A&M
Hoard, Yvonne, Lincoln, MO
Logan, Bonnie, Morgan State
Peters, Margaret, Tuskegee Institute
Peters, Romania, Tuskegee Institute
Smith, Hazel, Tuskegee Institute
Walker, Carolyn, Kentucky State
Men
Cleve Abbott, Tuskegee Institute
Cohen, Dick, Xavier
Davis, Billy, Tennessee State
Davis, Rick, Texas Southern
Dinkins, David, Howard
Edmonds, Harry, Winston-Salem State
Holmes, Tally
Jefferson, Thomas, Lincoln, PA
Johnson, Cliff, Prairie View A&M
Johnson, Dr. Walter, Lincoln, PA
McDaniels, Jimmy, Xavier
Neilsen, Herman, Hampton Institute
Sample, Johnny, Maryland State
Skinner, Linwood, Winston-Salem State
Vivians, Nathaniel, Tuskegee Institute
Webster, David, Prairie View A&M
Walker, Rev. W.W
Althea GIBSON, Jimmy McDANIELS
Billy DAVIS
Dr. Robert SCREEN, Hampton
NCAA champion/CIAA/MEAC
Tennis Elite: Billy DAVIS, Tenn. State; Bonnie LOGAN, NC Central; Althea GIBSON, Florida A&M
Dr. Robert JOHNSON, Lincoln, PA
Pioneer/Mentor/Coach
