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Author:
Duncan, Alice Faye, author.
Title:
Traveling shoes : the story of Willye White, US Olympian and long jump champion / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by Keith Mallett.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Calkins Creekan imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject:
White, Willye B.,--1939-2007--Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women Olympic athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women track and field athletes--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Olympic athletes--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Track and field athletes--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women athletes--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women Olympic athletes--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Athletes, Black--Women--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American women athletes--Biography.
Olympic athletes--United States--Biography.
Women athletes--United States--Biography.
White, Willye B.,--1939-2007.
African American women.
African American track and field athletes.
Women athletes.
Olympics.
Sportives noires américaines--Biographies.
Athlètes olympiques--États-Unis--Biographies.
Sportives--États-Unis--Biographies.
Sportives noires américaines--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Athlètes olympiques--États-Unis--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Sportives--États-Unis--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Sportifs noirs--Femmes--États-Unis--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Sports & Recreation.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism.
African American women athletes--Biography.
Track athletes--Biography.
Women athletes--Biography.
poetry.
Biographies.
Poetry.
Biographies.
Poésie.
Other Authors:
Mallett, Keith, illustrator.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Willye White was the first American woman to compete in five Olympic Games. Born in 1939 in Money, Mississippi, money was exactly what she didn't have. Abandoned by both her parents, she worked alongside her grandparents in the cotton fields. Willye dreamed big. When her cousin noticed she was the fastest runner around, Willye jumped at the chance to put on her traveling shoes and run her way to greatness. Swift as rushing wind, first Willye ran for the Tennessee State Tigerbelles and then for the US Olympic team. Whether competing on the track field or witnessing the turmoil of the Civil Rights Movement, time and time again, Willye had to remind herself, "I believe in me." Through Alice Faye Duncan's signature combination of poetry and prose and Keith Mallett's lifelike illustrations, readers will learn how the ever-persistent Willye White paved a road for women in American sports and contributed to Black progress with muscle and grit."-- Page 2 of cover.
ISBN:
1635925800
9781635925807
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1396126670
LCCN:
2022951326
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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