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Book SynopsisWASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023
KIRKUS REVIEWS'' BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF 2023
SHORLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal shero, who overcame daunting odds on the tennis court and off - to stand at the world pinnacle of her sport and became an inspiration to many. Billie Jean King
In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the all-white, upper-crust US Lawn Tennis Association opened its door just a crack to receive a powerhouse player who would integrate the game of royalty. The player was a street-savvy young Black woman from Harlem named Althea Gibson who was about as out-of-place in that rarefied and intolerant world as any aspiring tennis champion could be. Her tattered jeans and short-cropped hair drew
