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In this Dec. 21, 1968 file photograph, former tennis star Althea Gibson is seen in her East Orange, N.J. apartment during an interview. Gibson was one of 13 inductees announced by Gov. Jon S. Corzine Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, to the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
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Better late than never, I suppose. Fitting, too, that this comes at the outset of Black History Month.
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