Althea Contemporary Romance “I want to be beautiful

“I want to be beautiful

Alabama Department of Education Alabama Children's Choice Camellia Award 4-5 Nonfiction Nominee (2022-2023)

to enter “the real world

But when Gerry’s best friend steps up to the microphone to deliver his eulogy

” —Annie Hartnett

Althea Contemporary Romance “I want to be beautifulThe biography of Althea Gibson, the street savvy young woman from Harlem who broke the color barrier in tennis with her remarkable skill on the court. In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the lily white, upper crust National Lawn Tennis Association opened its door just a crack to receive the powerhouse player who would integrate "the game of kings": Althea Gibson. A street savvy young woman from