Long Beach native Billie Jean King received the Library Leadership Award during the 20th annual Grapes Expectations gala on Sunday evening, Oct. 1.
Sports icon and Long Beach native Billie Jean King greets guests before receiving the city’s Library Leadership Award on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at her namesake library branch in Long Beach. Long Beach icon and global sports legend Billie Jean King was honored in her native city this weekend — at the library that bears her name.
King, a Poly High graduate who won 39 total Grand Slam tennis titles — counting singles and doubles — and has long been an advovate for women’s and LGBTQ right, received the Library Leadership Award during the 20th annual Grapes Expectations gala on Sunday evening, Oct. 1. That award, according to the Long Beach Public Library Foundation, which puts on the dinner each year, goes to “those who have demonstrated longstanding financial support” to the foundation,And, of course, the chance to see a hometown hero and a living legend in person.
Grapes Expectations — and yeah, that’s a fairly easy-to-understand pun for book lovers — is a fundraiser for the Long Beach Public Library Foundation, which supports the city’s 12 public library branches.So it’s no surprise why the gala wanted to honor King. And a quick glance at her resume makes is clear
Besides being a native daughter of Long Beach and one of the greatest women tennis players of all time, King, 79, has also spent her life as a pioneer in the women’s rights movement, an LGBTQ champion and a leading figure in the fight for pay equity for women. And, in a further boost to her already legendary status in Southern California, she’s also a minority owner of the postseaon-bound Los Angeles Dodgers.“That was a moment I’ll never forget,” said in a recent interview.
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