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The Match: Althea Gibson  Angela Buxton : How Two Outsiders--One Black, the Other Jewish--Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History
The Match Althea Gibson Angela Buxton How Two Outsiders--One Black the Other Jewish--Forged a Friendship and Made Sports History
Author: Bruce Schoenfeld
Althea Gibson first met Angela Buxton at an exhibition match in India. On the surface, the two women could not have been more different. The daughter of sharecroppers, Gibson was born in the American South and grew up in Harlem. Angela Buxton, the granddaughter of Russian Jews, was raised in England, where her father ran a successful business. B...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060526528
ISBN-10: 0060526521
Publication Date: 6/1/2004
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Amistad
Book Type: Hardcover
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