The Last of the Black Hawks: Memoirs of Childhood Friends (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781665534550)

An Odyssey of several African American males, growing up in the segregated South, Jacksonville Florida from 1932 until 2021 who used Basketball, Tennis and the Military to help fashion a Professional life in Medicine, Law, the Ministry and Post office for them. Along the way "Calhoun and Jenkins" talk about their experiences playing Tennis in the American Tennis Association Tennis Circuit, the only vehicle open to Negroes during the early years. Calhoun and Jenkins have personal experiences with Althea Gibson And Arthur Ashe (both deceased), the first African Americans to win National and International Tennis titles. Jenk, who became an Attorney and a Civil Rights Advocate, worked in the Office of Clarence Thomas before he, Attorney Thomas, became a Supreme court Justice.

Author: Thomas Calhoun, Wilbur H. Jr. Jenkins Jd
ISBN-10: 1665534559
ISBN-13: 9781665534550
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 03/24/2022
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d