A Conversation with Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King—longtime champion for social justice, former No. 1 tennis player in the world, and the first female athlete and first member of the LGBT community to be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom—is a pioneering leader in the movement for gender equality both within and outside of sports. In 2017, in celebration of the grand opening of New-York Historical’s Center for Women’s History—and the donation to the Museum of the Billie Jean King Archive—King discusses her iconic life and career with American philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, highlighting pivotal moments including her historic victory in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” match and underlining her mission to incorporate equality into the larger fabric of the American story.