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092    BIO|bGIBSON 
100 1  Jacobs, Sally H.,|d1957-|eauthor. 
245 10 Althea :|bthe life of tennis champion Althea Gibson /
       |cSally H. Jacobs. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2023. 
300    xv, 447 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-435) and 
       index. 
520    "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 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 10 Gibson, Althea,|d1927-2003. 
650  0 African American women tennis players|vBiography. 
650  0 Women tennis players|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Racism in sports|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Discrimination in sports|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th 
       century.