Tom Joyner Foundation/Dark and Lovely® Five Semi-Finalists Who Could Win $2,000 Scholarships Participate in NY Program Students are part of Young Women with a Purpose Project and assigned mentors from L’Oreal USA The five dynamic semi-finalists who are part of the Tom Joyner Foundation and Dark and Lovely® Young Women with a Purpose Project participated […]
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First African American Woman Gold Medalist, Alice Coachman Passes Away
The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, has died in the US at the age of 90. Born in Albany, Georgia, on November 9, 1923, Alice Coachman made history at the 1948 Olympics in London when jumped to a record-breaking height of 5 feet, 6 and 1/8 inches […]