After nearly three decades in the public eye, few can match Serena Williams' array of accomplishments, medals and awards.
“Have we not gone through enough, opened so many doors, impacted billions of lives?” Williams asked inin the wake of the back-to-back killings of Philando Castile just outside St. Paul, Minnesota, and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
From the outset of her professional career, Williams was othered because of her unconventional rise in the predominantly white sport — a Black girl who honed her formidable skills on the public tennis courts of Compton, California, far from the privileged private clubs that nurtured most U.S. players. Even as a teenager, her response to the racism, hostility and undermining by the establishment made her a role model for Black Americans., perhaps even right after the U.S.
After gun violence touched their own family, Serena and Venus Williams opened a community center in Compton in 2016 to offer counseling and therapy to residents affected by violence. The Yetunde Price Resource Center is named for their half-sister, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2003.Martin Blackman, a former professional tennis player, said the Williams sisters' journey through the sport inspired Black Americans like himself who'd seen few top Black contenders in the arena.
The slights to Serena Williams didn’t end there, especially in moments when her conduct was deemed by some as unsportsmanlike. But Williams' success boosted interest in the sport beyond what the organization had previously seen, said ATA President Roxanne Aaron.
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