Cover image for Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper
Title:
Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper

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Author:
Malaspina, Ann, 1957-

Velasquez, Eric, ill.
Format:
Book
ISBN:
9780807580356
Publication Information:
Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2012.
Subject Term:
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

African American women athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Jumping -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Track and field athletes.

African Americans -- Biography.

Women -- Biography.
Summary:
A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic 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. Includes bibliographical references.