Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis' Fleet-of-Foot Girl artist-Lane Smith dangerous secrets

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and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger

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this new life brings outsized expectations—expectations that make her wonder if she’s really cut out for life as a royal

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis' Fleet-of-Foot Girl artist-Lane Smith dangerous secretsAlthea Gibson was the quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete in 1940s Harlem. She couldnt sit still! When she put her mind to it, the fleet of foot girl reigned supreme at every sportstickball with the boys, basketball with the girls, paddleball with anyone who would hit with her. But being the quickest, tallest, most fearless player in Harlem wasnt enough for Althea. She knew she could be a tennis champion. Because of segregation, black people