Billie Jean King Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Harlem’s James Blake And Others Swing At City Parks Foundation Tennis Benefit Auction

City Parks Foundation (CPF), the only nonprofit whose mission is to offer programs in public parks in the five boroughs, will, for the first time, hold its 23rd annual CityParks Tennis Benefit as a digital auction during the US Open. Continue reading

Billy Porter And Others At Star-Studded Voting Anthem And Voter Awareness Effort

With 78 days until Election Day, I Have A Right To Vote, Continue reading

David N. Dinkins, Billie Jean King And Others Attend Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation Gala

The Harlem-based Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation is hosting their fifth annual fundraising gala honoring Billie Jean King, David N. Dinkins and celebrating many other renowned athletes who will all be in attendance. Continue reading

Emma Stone Wearing First Look At ERDEM x H&M With Billie Jean King And Chelsea Handler

Hollywood actress Emma Stone wore the ERDEM x H&M Snowdrop Pajama top and trousers for her "Battle of the Sexes," interview with tennis legend Billie Jean King and Chelsea Handler.Continue reading

Althea Gibson at the West Side Tennis Club Forest Hills NY ca 1950 Credit Corbis

Join Reel Sisters Women’s History Month Screening Of ALTHEA

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series will present a screening of ALTHEA, a documentary on Harlem's Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win Wimbledon and the U.S. Continue reading

The Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program Gala

Time to serve up some food, fun and fundraising! The Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program (HJTEP) is all set to celebrate its 43^rd year of extraordinary service and dedication to its program participants on Monday, May 4, 2015.Continue reading