Check out my other blog that I just posted http://weadwriteawaygoodgenes.com/2021/05/23/the-net-result-of-104-years-of-black-women-in-tennis-slowe-serve-to-turnbough/. It provides the linkage between historical and current actitivites on the tennis courts. involving black athletes.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: This file picture from the mid 1950’s shows US tennis player Althea Gibson (C-L). According to reports, Gibson, the first black to play at US championships and the first black to win Wimbledon and the US Open, died at the age of 76 at a hospital in East Orange, NJ 28 September 2003 after years of poor health. She won the French Championship in 1956 and earned back-to-back titles at Wimbledon and the US Championships at Forest Hills in 1957-1958. Person at C-R is unidentified. AFP PHOTO
Here’s how to transfer play into pay. In this example, the “play” is tennis. The “pay” is the pay off in historical, sometimes ancestral connections between former days and now.
Pay to Play tips:
- Learn and study the present-day recreational and hobby activities of family members;
- Participate in their favorite activities or show interest and become a great spectactor;
- Become an equally great noteaker, visual recorder of your family member’s activities;
- At the same time, begin the historical research about the same or similar activities;
- Begin to connect the dots with the historical linkages to the present activities of your family and friends; and
- Write your story, record your story or share your results to individuals who otherwise may not know the history as they witness the future.
Enjoy your research and publishing as much as I did when I researched the history of Black tennis in the U.S.
Photographs by Ann Lineve Wead Kimbrough, May 22, 2021