Changing the game

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Presents the stories of tennis players Alice Marble and Althea Gibson, telling how Marble rose from a poor background to storm the tennis world with her powerful attacking style, and discussing how Gibson smashed the color barrier to become the first African-American to compete at the U.S. Nationals and Wimbleton.

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