Touch the sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper

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Author:
Malaspina, Ann, 1957-
Publisher:
Albert Whitman
Publication Date:
c2012
Language:
English
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 600L
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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.

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Subjects
African Americans
African Americans -- Biography
African American women athletes
African American women athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Coachman, Alice
Coachman, Alice -- Juvenile literature
Jumping
Jumping -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Olympic Games -- (14th : -- 1948 : -- London, England)
Olympic Games -- (14th : -- 1948 : -- London, England); -- Juvenile literature
Track and field athletes
Track and field athletes -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Women
Women -- Biography

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Contributors:
Velasquez, Eric
ISBN:
9780807580356
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 3.6, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 600L

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Last Grouping Update2025-01-04 02:33:32AM
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