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020 $a9781566637145 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a1566637147 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 $a(OCoLC)80180967
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050 00 $aGV992$b.H37 2007
082 00 $a796.3420922$a5$222
100 1 $aHarris, Cecil,$d1960-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2004300789
245 10 $aCharging the net :$ba history of Blacks in tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams sisters /$cCecil Harris and Larryette Kyle-DeBose ; with a foreword by James Blake and an afterword by Robert Ryland.
260 $aChicago :$bIvan R. Dee,$c[2007], ©2007.
300 $aviii, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
505 00 $g1.$t"There is no African-American culture in tennis" -- $g2.$t"I'm not going to be who you want me to be" -- $g3.$t"I'm not giving anything else away" -- $g4.$t"He was exactly who we needed at the time" -- $g5.$t"We were the only show in town" -- $g6.$t"You tell me what the similarity is" -- $g7.$t"It was as if God handed these two young girls to me" -- $g8.$t"Tennis is a family sport" -- $g9.$t"You niggers gotta get off the court" -- $g10.$t"Nobody called me names on the court, but nobody rooted for me either" -- $g11.$t"You could play the French Open and never really see Paris" -- $g12.$t"It's nice not to have to be a fly in milk" -- $g13.$t"We need you out here" -- $gApp A.$tATA singles champions -- $gApp B.$tWorld-ranked black tennis players.
520 1 $a"In Charging the Net, Cecil Harris and Larryette Kyle-DeBose draw on personal interviews and extensive research to chronicle the humiliations and triumphs of blacks in professional tennis from the 1940s to the present. For many fans and writers, Ashe, Gibson, and the Williams sisters personify the achievement of African Americans in tennis, but others too have made their mark. Charging the Net spotlights a wide range of competitors as well as the American Tennis Association, an organization that thrived despite racial segregation, thanks to such benefactors as Dr. R. Walter Johnson." "The book also introduces readers to two black officials whose success was short-lived; both have sued the United States Tennis Association, alleging discrimination based on race, gender, and age." "Harlem-trained, Harvard-educated James Blake, who overcame career-threatening injuries to achieve World Top Ten status, has written a Foreword to Charging the Net. The Afterword is written by Robert Ryland, the first black to compete in a major college tournament, who later found the doors to tennis's premier venues marked "Whites Only." With a clear vision, this eighty-six-year-old coach now looks at how far blacks in tennis have come and how far they have yet to travel."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTennis$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112780
650 0 $aTennis players$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112781
650 0 $aAfrican American tennis players$xHistory.
700 1 $aKyle-DeBose, Larryette,$d1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007004969
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007002747.html
852 00 $bmil$hGV992$i.H37 2007