Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson by Frances Clayton Gray, Yanick Rice Lamb, Bill Cosby, Venus Williams

Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson



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Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson Frances Clayton Gray, Yanick Rice Lamb, Bill Cosby, Venus Williams ebook
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Page: 256
ISBN: 9780471471653


Born to Win is the first and only fully authorized biography of the late great Althea Gibson, the first African American to break the color line in tournament tennis. Cowritten by Frances Clayton Gray, who was Gibson's confidante and caretaker and is now executor of her estate, and journalist Yanick Rice Lamb, this authorized biography sheds new light on Gibson, from her childhood in Harlem and her ten-year reign as champion of the all-black American Tennis Association to her historic 1950 debut at Forest Hills and her momentous victories of 1957 and 1958, when she swept both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. This riveting account reveals how Gibson distinguished herself as a champion in a long and diverse athletic

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