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Ora Washington
Meet the ‘Queen of Two Courts’ who won 201 trophies in tennis and basketball in the 20s and 30s
Long before female athletes like Serena Williams, Tamika Catchings, and Naomi Osaka became faces of excellence on the court, there was Orae Mae Washington. Fondly known as the “Queen of Two Courts,” she excelled in both tennis and basketball before the two dominant sports were racially integrated. Knowing the system was not supportive of a…
