Randi Richardson is a reporter for NBC News' TODAY.com based in Brooklyn.
Venus and Serena Williams would not be the household names they are without their parents, Richard Williams and Oracene 'Brandy' Price. Richard Williams and Price famously introduced their daughters to the game of tennis and were their first coaches. The patriarch soon took over the coaching full-time and famously shielded them from naysayers while encouraging them to disrupt the traditionally white sport by being undeniably dominating it.
Price already had daughters Yetunde Price, Lyndrea Price and Isha Price with her previous partner Yusef A.K. Rasheed, according to the Los Angeles Times. Price and Rasheed split in 1979. Their first child together was Venus Williams, born June 17, 1980. They had Serena Williams the following year on Sept. 26. The family later moved to Compton, California, where the parents coached and raised their daughters before moving to West Palm Beach, Florida, to further advance their careers.
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