Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis' Fleet-of-Foot Girl by Laura Freeman, Megan Reid
Published by Balzer + Bray on January 21, 2020
ISBN: 0062851098
Pages: 40
Genres: Biography/Autobiography
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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Before Serena and Venus Williams, in the 1940s there was Althea Gibson, the first black tennis player to win the championship at Wimbledon. Because of segregation, black people weren’t allowed to compete against white people in sports. Althea didn’t care. She just wanted to play tennis against the best athletes in the world. A well researched biography that many students will not have heard about.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library