The quickest kid in Clarksville
By: by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
Contributors: Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781452129365
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Segregation; Fiction; Running; Role models; African American girls; African Americans; Parades; History
Description: Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.