Title: The quickest kid in Clarksville
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.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Segregation, Fiction, Running, Role models, African American girls, African Americans, Parades, History, Children's fiction, African americans, fiction, Parades, fiction, Tennessee, fiction
Places: Tennessee, Clarksville, Clarksville (Tenn.)
People: Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994)
Time periods: 20th century