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WASHINGTON 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

Althea

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 18 September 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250246554
      978-1250246554
      ISBN-10 1250246555
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      Sport Tennis

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WASHINGTON 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

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