Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780807511282)

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.

Author: Nancy Churnin
ISBN-10: 0807511285
ISBN-13: 9780807511282
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2018
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.20w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 506941 / Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 11/20/2017
Booklist 12/15/2017 pg. 94
School Library Journal 01/01/2018
Foreword 12/26/2017
Shelf Awareness 01/12/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory