The match : Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton : how two outsiders--one Black, the other Jewish--forged a friendship and made sports history / Bruce Schoenfeld.
Epilogue: Althea 287. 1 Althea 13 -- 2 "Put Her in Tournaments" 27 -- 3 Help from Her Friends 41 -- 4 Breaking Through 57 -- 5 From Forest Hills to Wimbledon 73 -- 6 Angela Goes to Hollywood 89 -- 7 Patterned Dresses and Pattern Tennis 103 -- 8 She Didn't Have a Name 119 -- 9 Rendezvous in Asia 133 -- 10 Doubles Partners 147 -- 11 Making History 163 -- 12 Flatmates 181 -- 13 Wimbledon 195 -- 14 Angela's Ashes 211 -- 15 A Black from Harlem, a Jew from North London 225 -- 16 Althea's Championship Seasons 241 -- 17 Second Careers 257 -- 18 Together Again 271 -- Epilogue: Althea 287.
Summary:
Follows the tennis careers and friendship of African American Althea Gibson and Jewish European Angela Buxton, discussing how both women triumphed over tennis-circuit prejudice and became successful Wimbledon partners.
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