Althea
Title
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Althea
ISBN
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9781627895101
Physical Description
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
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Title from container.
Personal Subject
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Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003.
Subject Term
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Tennis players -- United States -- Biography.
African American tennis players -- Biography.
African American women athletes -- Biography.
Genre
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Biographical television programs
Educational television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Added Corporate Author
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
Added Uniform Title
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Container of (work): American masters (Television program)
Summary
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Althea Gibson emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950s. Her roots as a sharecropper's daughter, her family's migration to Harlem, her mentoring from Sugar Ray Robinson, David Dinkins and others, and her fame that thrust her unwillingly into the glare of the early Civil Rights movement, all bring the story into a much broader realm of African American history, transcending sports.
System Details
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DVD; NTSC; REGION 1; WIDESCREEN PRESENTATION; 5.1 SURROUND.
Language Note
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IN ENGLISH; WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | DVD 921 GIBSON | Nonfiction DVDs |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | DVD 921 GIBSON | Nonfiction DVDs |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | DVD 921 GIBSON | Nonfiction DVDs |