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PLAYING TO WIN: The Story of Althea Gibson,
Deans, Karen ~~~ $16.95 32 pgs., illustrated, 2007 Elementary, middle school Growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, Althea Gibson became tough and rebellious. Some said she was having trouble finding her way, until she was a teenager when she discovered she had a talent for sports. In fact Althea was a natural at tennis, but tennis was played mostly by wealthy white people in country clubs that excluded African Americans. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Althea was not deterred. In 1947 during her high school years she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina where her tennis improved under the tutelage of Dr. Hubert Eaton, an African American doctor. She went on to become a barrier-breaking, world famous athlete. |
