Title: Touch the sky
Description: 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.  Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: African American women athletes, Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England), Jumping, Juvenile literature, Track and field athletes, Biography, African Americans, Women, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Georgia, fiction, Olympics, fiction, African americans, fiction, Track and field, fiction
Places: United States
People: Alice Coachman