Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf

by Nancy Churnin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807511285
• ISBN13: 9780807511282
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3