A biography of the first black woman to win an Olymmpic 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.
2014-2015 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Albert Whitman
Copyright March 18, 2014
ISBN# 9781480492738 (HB)