Althea heart biography books

Before venus and Serena Williams, before Zina Garrison, before Arthur Ashe, there was Althea Gibson, a pionjär for African Americans in the world of tennis. In her book, Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson, framstöt H. Jacobs chronicles the life and times of this phenomenal athlete who rose from the streets of Harlem to become a Grand Slam and Wimbledon champion. She also played the saxophone and had dreams of a singing career. In fact, Ed Sullivan loved her, and she appeared on his show. She even made a recording, which had lackluster success. https://youtu.be/tAKa6mV84p0

The author goes into great detail about Althea’s upbringing. Her father trained her to box, but he also beat her mercilessly, and Althea frequently spent hours away from home, riding the train or holing up in stairwells just to avoid going home, where she knew another beating awaited her. She was a tall, lanky girl with a deep voice, and

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