That was the year Bonnie Logan became the first Black woman to compete on the Virginia Slims Circuit. “A trailblazer in so many ways,” said Leslie Allen, a former Top 25 WTA pro in the 1980s ...

The ‘why’ of this recognition is encapsulated in the 1968 Virginia Slims slogan, “you’ve come a long way, baby.” A cigarette marketed exclusively to women that exploited the 1960s civil ...