Venus & Serna williams
b. 1980, 1981
Compton, California
Tennis players, Olympians
Venus and Serena Williams, two sisters out of Compton, California, sparked over two decades of utter dominance on the tennis courts.
Venus turned professional at the age of 14 and is the second Black woman to win Wimbledon (after Althea Gibson in 1957 & 1958).
Serena, the greatest tennis player of all time, has won 23 Grand Slam titles, and over the course of her career has been ranked #1 for 319 weeks (third best of all time).
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Venus
Seven Grand Slam titles
Fourteen doubles titles
Two mixed doubles titles
4x Olympic Gold-medalist
Serena
Seventy-two career singles titles
Thirty-nine Grand Slam titles
Twenty-three singles titles
Fourteen doubles titles
Two mixed doubles titles
343-48 Grand Slam record
4x Olympic Gold-medalist
Won a Grand Slam while pregnant
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“THE BEADS! Never in my life had I seen Black hairstyles on display like that.”
-Lori P.
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