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Alice Coachman

First African American Woman Gold Medalist, Alice Coachman Passes Away

July 15, 2014 by Cherie S. White

  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 […]

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