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Touch the sky : : Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper

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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.

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PUBLISHED
Chicago, Ill. : Albert Whitman, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 600

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807580356

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Velasquez, Eric.

SUBJECTS
Coachman, Alice.
Olympic Games -- 1948 : -- London, England)
African American women athletes.
Jumping.
Track and field athletes.
African Americans -- Biography.