Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody

Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody

By Althea Gibson

"I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting but went on to break the color barrier in tennis and achieving the pinnacle of the sport by winning Wimbledon and the U.

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Publisher: New Chapter Press
Publish Date: 02/01/2022
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781937559977
ISBN-10: 1937559971
Language: English

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I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on to break the color barrier in tennis and achieving the pinnacle of the sport by winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and becoming an inspiration for many future champions such as Billie Jean King, Arthur Ashe, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams, among many others.

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Althea Gibson is one of the most iconic and talented female athletes of all time, breaking the color barrier in tennis and becoming the first black player to play and win at Wimbledon and the U.

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