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Serving herself : the life and times of Althea Gibson / Ashley Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Ashley, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American tennis players--Biography.
- African American tennis players.
- Women tennis players--United States--Biography.
- Women tennis players.
- Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
- Gibson, Althea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (657 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Serving Herself is a comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson, one of the most important figures in African American women's sports history and one of the preeminent athletes of the twentieth century. Offering a portrait of the life and career of a complicated and unconventional figure, this book shows how Gibson reaped rewards as well as remonstrances for her extraordinary sports achievements and life-long defiance of social norms.
- Contents:
- Coming up the hard way
- Queer cosmopolitan
- The making of a strong Black (woman) contender in the South
- From the Florida A&M to Forest Hills
- Integration
- Resurfacing
- Press(ing) matters
- Changeover
- Finding fault with a winner
- Game over
- New frontiers
- Winner who hasn't won yet
- The harvest
- Two deaths.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Brown, Ashley Serving Herself
- ISBN:
- 9780197551776
- 0197551777
- 9780197551783
- 0197551785
- 9780197551769
- 0197551769
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