About
Aime Alley Card is the author of the nonfiction narrative The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends of Tennessee State, about a trailblazing women’s track team, and co-author of an upcoming collection of civil rights articles and interviews with journalist Dwight Lewis (Vanderbilt Press 2027). She is a nonfiction editor for Pangyrus literary magazine focusing on personal essays, and Programs Chair for the Boston Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. Aime’s work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Track & Field Magazine, Electric Lit, The Nashville Scene, The Writer’s Bone, Keep the Flame Alive, and elsewhere. She has appeared live on NPR and NBC affiliates. Aime was born and raised in Nashville and currently lives in the Boston area.
Featured Work
The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends of Tennessee State
One hot Southern summer in 1960 at Tennessee State University, a regional college for black students, a coach and his team of women runners, called the Tigerbelles, sprinted on a dirt track, dodging potholes and cow piles, preparing for a shot to run on the world stage at the Olympics in Rome. Eight women on the team made it to the final competition, and four of them came back home with gold medals. This is the extraordinary story of how one team changed the face of women's athletics forever, and how the world fell in love with the Tigerbelles.
