As Women’s History Month closes, we take a closer look at Althea Gibson, the Black American two-sport athlete whose legacy is still being celebrated even 20 years after her death. It may be 50 years ...
These days, an authentic Gibson WWII banner guitar is a highly sought-after vintage. But for a brief moment in the company’s history, the guitar manufacturer kept the women responsible for making ...
Period-correct in (almost) every detail, the Century Collection’s 12-fret format is addictive. Gibson's Robi Johns tells us ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Consequently, Gibson’s sales began to suffer. In 1957, Gibson president Ted McCarty decided that Gibson needed to restore its ...
The Super 400CES is often regarded as Gibson’s crowning glory in jazzbox design and, following its release in 1951, it reigned supreme over the electric archtop market. After photographing a rare ...
ARLINGTON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With just a few days until the start of the never-before-seen Western festival, The American Western Weekend, Teton Ridge and the iconic, American-made instrument ...
On Aug. 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people took to the streets of Washington, D.C. The March on Washington aimed to highlight the inequalities African-Americans faced socially and politically in the U ...
When William Gibson was 7 years old, in 1955, his father, a civilian contractor for the military, choked to death in a restaurant. Gibson’s mother immediately moved the family to a small town in the ...
Picture taken on July 5, 1958 at Wimbledon showing American tennis player Althea Gibson after winning the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships. (Photo by - / INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS / AFP) / France ...