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Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl
- Title
- Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl / written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
- Author
- Reid, Megan
- Publication
- New York, York : Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 20-109 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 29 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- African American women tennis players
- Women tennis players
- Women
- African Americans
- African American women
- Biographies
- African American women tennis players > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women tennis players > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 > Juvenile literature
- Women > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Picture books for children
- African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Tennis players > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Picture books for children.
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page [34]).
- Call Number
- Sc F 20-109
- ISBN
- 9780062851093
- 0062851098
- LCCN
- 2018968545
- OCLC
- 1099200411
- Author
- Reid, Megan, author.
- Title
- Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl / written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.
- Publisher
- New York, York : Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]
- Edition
- First edition
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page [34]).
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 20-109