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while the child tries to make them understand that the banana is really a dog

and finding hope in unexpected places

A little girl explores the many ways and occasions of hiding—inside and outside

and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention

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Althea Alison Strayer while the child tries toThe biography of Althea Gibson, the street savvy young woman from Harlem who broke the color barrier in tennis with her remarkable skill on the court. In 1950, three years after Jackie Robinson first walked onto the diamond at Ebbets Field, the lily white, upper crust National Lawn Tennis Association opened its door just a crack to receive the powerhouse player who would integrate "the game of kings": Althea Gibson. A street savvy young woman from