Charging the net : a history of Blacks in tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams sisters / Cecil Harris and Larryette Kyle-DeBose ; with a foreword by James Blake and an afterword by Robert Ryland.

Author/creator Harris, Cecil, 1960-
Other author Kyle-DeBose, Larryette, 1945-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : Ivan R. Dee, ©2007.
Descriptionviii, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Tennis--History.
Tennis players--United States. --Biography.
African American tennis players--History.

Contents Foreword by James Blake -- Introduction -- "There is no African-American culture in tennis" -- "I'm not going to be who you want me to be" -- "I'm not giving anything else away" -- "He was exactly who we needed at the time" -- "We were the only show in town" -- "You tell me what the similarity is" -- "It was as if God handed these two young girls to me" -- "Tennis is a family sport" -- "You niggers gotta get off the court" -- "Nobody called me names on the court, but nobody rooted for me either" -- "You could play the French Open and never really see Paris" -- "It's nice not to have to be a fly in milk" -- "We need you out here" -- Afterword -- Appendix A : ATA singles champions -- Appendix B : world-ranked black tennis players.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
LCCN 2007002747
ISBN9781566637145 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1566637147 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GV992 .H37 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold