Table of Contents

Foreword by Bill Cosby. Acknowledgments. 1. "A Traveling Girl". 2. Holding Court. 3. "Champion of Nothing". 4. "At Last! At Last!". 5. Playing New Notes. 6. Turning Pro. 7. Swing Time. 8. The Comeback Kid. 9. Ambassador for Excellence. 10. Revolutionizing the Sports World. 11. A Private Life, A Public Legacy. Epilogue by Frances Clayton Gray. Afterword by Venus Williams. Career Achievements. Notes. Index.

About the Author

FRANCES CLAYTON GRAY is the cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of the Althea Gibson Foundation. As Gibson's confidante and caretaker, she came to be viewed as the daughter Gibson never had. Gray has occupied a number of roles in the state of New Jersey, including businesswoman, community leader, and professor. YANICK RICE LAMB is an award-winning journalist and author. She is the founding editor of BET Weekend magazine and has also served as editor in chief of Heart & Soul magazine, editor at large of Essence magazine, and as an editor at the New York Times. Lamb has written for numerous publications, including Emerge, and teaches journalism at Howard University.