Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper /

Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper /

A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history. Includes bibliographical references.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malaspina, Ann, 1957-
Other Authors: Velasquez, Eric (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman, [2012]
Subjects:
Coachman, Alice > Juvenile literature.
Coachman, Alice.
Olympic Games > (14th : > 1948 : > London, England) > Juvenile literature.
Olympic Games > (14th : > 1948 : > London, England)
Track and field athletes > United States > Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes > Juvenile literature.
Jumping > United States > Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes.
African Americans > Biography.
Women > Biography.
Women track athletes.
Olympic games, 1948 (London, England)

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: GV1073.15.C63 M35 2012
 
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