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Sally Hopkins Jacobs ’69 Speaks with Diversity, Outreach, and Allies Clubs About her Forthcoming Book, Althea
Sally Hopkins Jacobs ’69 made a virtual return to campus on April 27th to speak via Zoom with the Middle School Diversity, Outreach, and Allies Clubs. A veteran Boston journalist, Sally is finishing her second book Althea, a biography of tennis champion Althea Gibson and the moment she broke the color barrier in 1950, due to be released in 2023.
Students discussed excerpts from the book, Althea’s challenging road to success, and the role race played throughout Althea’s career. Althea became the first Black person to play in an official USLTA tournament at the exclusive West Side Tennis Club in New York when she squared off with white champion Louise Brough.
Sally is also the author of The Other Barack, a biography of President Obama’s father. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, on Public Radio International, and in other venues. She was a recipient of The George Polk Award in 1983.
Calvert School is a coed independent lower and middle school.
