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Charlie Takes His Shot

Charlie Takes His Shot

How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf

by Nancy Churnin and John Joven
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/01/2018

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2018 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Honor Award, presented by the California Reading Association

When the rules kept Charlie Sifford from playing in the Professional Golf Association, he set out to change them.

Charlie Sifford loved golf, but in the 1930's only white people were allowed to play in the Professional Golf Association. Sifford had won plenty of Black tournaments, but he was determined to break the color barrier in the PGA. In 1960 he did, only to face discrimination from hotels that wouldn't rent him rooms and clubs that wouldn't let him use the same locker as the white players. But Sifford kept playing, becoming the first Black golfer to win a PGA tournament and eventually ranking among the greats in golf.

ISBN:
9780807511282
9780807511282
Category:
Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-01-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Albert Whitman & Company
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
254x203.2x10.16mm
Weight:
0.34kg
John Joven

John Joven is a graphic designer and children's book illustrator from Colombia. He started drawing and painting at an early age (mainly big robots). When he's not illustrating, John enjoys spending time with his family and a very lazy pug.

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