Jackie Robinson and Althea Gibson Were Trailblazers in Golf, Too Years after breaking the color barriers that surrounded baseball and tennis, Jackie Robinson and Althea Gibson changed yet another sport.
Desegregating the Schoolhouse Doors Vivian Malone and James Hood calmly faced reporters as they prepared to integrate the University of Alabama in 1963, symbolizing the determination of Black youth in the face of those who were staunchly opposed to desegregation.