Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl
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Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl
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- Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl
- Title remainder
- the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl
- Statement of responsibility
- written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Title variation
- Althea Gibson
- Title variation remainder
- the story of tennis fleet-of-foot girl
- Subject
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- trueAfrican American women
- African American women -- Biography
- African American women -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- trueAfrican American women tennis players
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 -- Juvenile literature
- trueProfessional tennis players
- trueRacism in sports
- trueTennis
- Tennis -- Biography
- Tennis -- Biography | Juvenile literature
- trueTennis players
- trueWimbledon Tennis Tournament
- trueWomen
- trueWomen tennis players
- trueAfrican American athletes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Althea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldn't sit still! When she put her mind to it, the fleet-of-foot girl reigned supreme at every sport--stickball with the boys, basketball with the girls, paddle tennis with anyone who would hit with her. But being the quickest, tallest, most fearless player in Harlem wasn't enough for Althea. She knew she could be a tennis champion. Because of segregation, black people weren't allowed to compete against white people in sports. Althea didn't care. She just wanted to play tennis against the best athletes in the world. And with skill and determination, she did just that, eventually becoming the first black person--man or woman--to win a trophy at Wimbledon
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- Dewey number
- 796.342092
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- GV994.G53
- LC item number
- R45 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- -1
- 3
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- juvenile
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