02408cam a2200469 i 4500 1130045201 TxGeo 20240112120000.0 230807s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022951326 9781635925807 hbk. 1635925800 hbk. (OCoLC)1396126670 TxGeo rda Duncan, Alice Faye, author. Traveling shoes : the story of Willye White, US Olympian and long jump champion / Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrated by Keith Mallett. First edition. New York, NY : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2023] 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Untold until now, here is the story of Black sprinter and long-jumper Willye B. White, who went from picking cotton as a child in Mississippi to competing and winning in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics...[W]hen her cousin noticed she was the fastest runner around, Willye jumped at the chance to put on her traveling shoes and run her way to better opportunities. And run Willye did, first for the Tennessee State Tigerbelles and then for the US Olympic team. Her struggles weren't over though--time and again, Willye had to remind herself, "I believe in me," whether she was running and jumping or witnessing the turmoil of the Civil Rights Movement."--From book jacket. 7-10. 20240202. White, Willye B 1939-2007. African American women athletes Biography. African American women Olympic athletes Biography. African American women track and field athletes Biography. Olympic athletes United States Biography. Track and field athletes United States Biography. Women athletes United States Biography. Women Olympic athletes United States Biography. Biographies. Poetry. Mallett, Keith, illustrator. QS5