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The Match: Two Outsiders Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History

The Match: Two Outsiders Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History

Schoenfeld, Bruce

Paperback

FictionTennisBlack American Studies

ISBN10: 006052653X
ISBN13: 9780060526535
Publisher: Amistad Press
Published: May 31 2005
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.36 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

The incredible story of what happened when two outsiders--one an emerging champion who happens to be Jewish, the other, the first black player to win Wimbledon--pair up not only to form a winning team, but also an enduring friendship.

Althea Gibson first met Angela Buxton at an exhibition match in India. On the surface, the two women couldn't be more different. The daughter of sharecroppers and fiercely competitive, Althea Gibson was born in the American South and turned to athletics in an effort to belong to a community that would welcome her. Angela Buxton, the granddaughter of Russian Jews, grew up in Liverpool. England, where her father ran a successful business. But they both faced their share of prejudice, particularly on the tennis circuit, where they were excluded from tournaments and clubs because of race and religion.

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