Cecil Harris: Tennis' GOAT, Serena Williams, is officially retired. But her most significant contributions may be ahead of her. - NBCNewsTHINK
partnered with Helping Hands Jamaica to build an elementary school on the Caribbean island and joined forces with Build Africa to construct schools in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, one philanthropic effort among many.
Indeed, Williams appears to understand far better than most the major impact star athletes can have socially, culturally and politically. From left, Demi Singleton, Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Saniyya Sidney attend the closing night premiere of Warner Bros.' "King Richard" at the 2021 AFI Fest at TCL Chinese Theatre on Nov. 14, 2021, in Hollywood, Calif.When I interviewed Williams at the 2006 U.S. Open for a tennis book project, she told me she wanted to star in a movie about Althea Gibson — tennis’ first Black major champion in the 1950s.
Although Williams no longer seems to have the acting bug, she and Venus Williams were executive producers of anIt wouldn’t surprise me if Serena Williams as a producer gives the underappreciated Gibson her due in a feature film. Actually, there’s very little Williams could do in her post-tennis life to uplift and inspire others that would surprise me. She’s already done more in her 40 years than most superstars accomplish ever. And yet incredibly, without the commitment and pressures of athletic competition, her most significant contributions may be yet to come.Cecil Harris is a veteran sports journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today and other newspapers.
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