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Who Are These People: A Story about Bridge Players in the Washington Bridge Unit

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Cassandra Foster, better known to bridge players as Cassandra Smith has written a book about bridge players. As she describes them "These people are the trailblazers." They are all African Americans each at least 80 years old this year and active in the Washington Bridge Unit of the American Bridge Association.

There are 18 vignettes arranged alphabetically from Mildred Anderson to Elizabeth Woods. If you like people and reading about them, as I do, then you will like this book. It tells you about each person's life, documenting their education, job experience, religion, outlook on life, and most importantly their love of bridge.

As you might expect from a large group living in the D.C. area many worked for the federal government getting to meet famous personalities along the way. Others went into the teaching profession and it is clear that education played a large role in each of their lives.

Each was asked about the relationship between the ABA and the ACBL and where it is going in the future. There are mixed opinions which I found both interesting and informative. Clearly historical discrimination when these persons were younger plays a role in these opinions although each was able to overcome this both in bridge and their lives.