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Althea Gibson: A Life Worthy of Multiple Biographies

The star athlete and breaker of racial barriers is remarkably well served by these two biographies that in their differences of approach and style make the reading of biography itself so endlessly fascinating and fruitful.

Althea Gibson during a ticker-tape parade at New York City in celebration of her victory at Wimbledon in 1957.
Althea Gibson during a ticker-tape parade at New York City in celebration of her victory at Wimbledon in 1957. Via Wikimedia Commons