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100 1 _aJacobs, Sally H.,
_d1957-
245 1 0 _aAlthea :
_bthe life of tennis champion Althea Gibson /
_cSally H. Jacobs.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023
300 _axv, 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 399-435) and index.
505 0 _aPreface -- The promised land -- The cosmo club -- The doctors -- "First Negro" -- The other Gibson Girl -- "The biggest flop" -- Black ambassadors in short pants -- Small fry, big fry -- At last, at last -- Am I somebody? -- Great ugga mugga! -- Not the Gibson grandstand.
520 _a"A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal hero, 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 stares from everyone who watched her play, but her astonishing performance on the court soon eclipsed the negative feelings being cast her way as she eventually became one of the greatest American tennis champions. Gibson had a stunning career. Raised in New York and trained by a pair of tennis-playing doctors in the South, Gibson's immense talent on the court opened the door for her to compete around the world. She won top prizes at Wimbledon and Forest Hills time and time again. The young woman underestimated by so many wound up shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth II, being driven up Broadway in a snowstorm of ticker tape, and ultimately became the first Black woman to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated and the second to appear on the cover of Time. In a crowning achievement, Althea Gibson became the No. One ranked female tennis player in the world for both 1957 and 1958. Seven years later she broke the color barrier again where she became the first Black woman to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In Althea, prize-winning former Boston Globe reporter Sally H. Jacobs tells the heart-rending story of this pioneer, a remarkable woman who was a trailblazer, a champion, and one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aGibson, Althea,
_d1927-2003
648 7 _a1900-1999
_2fast
650 0 _aAfrican American women tennis players
_vBiography.
650 0 _aDiscrimination in sports
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aRacism in sports
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aTennis players
_vBiography
650 0 _aWomen tennis players
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
655 7 _aBiographies
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