Playing to win, how Althea Gibson broke barriers and changed tennis forever, Karen Deans ; illustrated by Elbrite Brown
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Playing to win, how Althea Gibson broke barriers and changed tennis forever, Karen Deans ; illustrated by Elbrite Brown
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Playing to win
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1228904168
Responsibility statement
Karen Deans ; illustrated by Elbrite Brown
Sub title
how Althea Gibson broke barriers and changed tennis forever
Summary
Growing up in Harlem, Althea Gibson was heading down the wrong path until she found her calling. She went on to become the first African American women to be ranked as the number one woman tennis player in the world
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juvenile
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- Tennis players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- African American women tennis players -- Biography
- Tennis players -- Biography
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 -- Juvenile literature
- African American women tennis players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
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- Tennis players -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- African American women tennis players -- Biography
- Tennis players -- Biography
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003 -- Juvenile literature
- African American women tennis players -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
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