Cecil Harris

Different Strokes

Serena, Venus, and the Unfinished Black Tennis Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Different Strokes closely examines how Black Americans are collectively faring in tennis, on the court and off.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781496214652
• ISBN-10: 149621465X
• Artikelnr.: 58017962

Autorenporträt

Cecil Harris is a sports journalist and has covered major tennis events including the U.S. Open and the Women’s Tennis Association Championships in New York, and he has written for the New York Times, the Associated Press, and USA Today. He is the author of several books, including Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the Williams Sisters.    

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Serena
2. Venus
3. Early Black Tennis
4. Arthur Ashe
5. Althea Gibson
6. U.S. Open Money
7. Black Umpires
8. Sloane Stephens
9. James Blake
10. Tournament Director
11. Coaches
12. Contemporary Male Players
13. Contemporary Female Players
14. Serena vs. Naomi Osaka
Bibliography
Index