NEW YORK (AP) — Images of Althea Gibson are everywhere at the U.S. Open, 75 years since she became the first Black player at a major tennis tournament.

The American Grand Slam event’s logo is multilayered artwork of her face in profile. Clips of Gibson flash across screens inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. A tribute narrated by Venus Williams is part of the soundtrack during breaks.

“The most important part is that we are celebrating it and recognizing it because Althea accomplished so much,” Williams said. “A lot of it has not been given the credit it deserves and the attention and the praise.”

While Gibson has been memorialized with a statue at the Flushing Meadows site since 2019, she is now at the forefront of the U.S. Open, with signs reading, “Celebrating 75 years of breaking barriers”

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